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1. PAX water mixer
The PAX Water Mixer uses efficiencies of fluid flow to provide efficient mixing of drinking water in storage tanks. This eliminates stratification, keeps disinfectant residuals actively working to maintain drinking water safety, and prevents condi...
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Email2. Capturing prey above the water's surface: archer fish
"Further animal artefacts that resemble tools include the woodpecker's anvil, a tree stump with a suitable wedgelike cavity to hold cones, the use of a water jet to shoot down prey by the archer fish (Trichogaster jaculatrix), and the Australian b...
3. Filter feeding moves water: Venus flower basket
"A sponge takes in water at its base, filtering the food from it and expelling it through holes higher up." (Courtesy of the Biomimicry Guild)
4. Body temperature regulated in hot environment: African camels
"When African camels (Camelus dromedarius) do not get enough water, their body temperature's amplitude (the difference between its highest and lowest values) increases from 3.6°F (2°C) to as much as 10.8°F (6°C)." (Shuker 2001:91)
5. Eggs adhere in and out of water: midwife toad
"After the pair lays and fertilizes strings of twenty to sixty eggs, the father thrusts his legs through the egg mass. The sticky egg strings adhere to him, and he stumbles around for the next few weeks with the eggs entwined around his thighs and...
6. Habitat regulates water flows: peatlands
"Peatlands are of particular interest to water resource managers because they occur extensively in the headwater areas of many streams and rivers. Peatlands can have large impacts on the quantity and quality of the receiving waters (e.g. Brooks 19...
7. Fungal skin prevents water loss: lichens
"Others [lichens] develop minuscule branches and grow into dense curling thickets a few inches high. Their outer skin is formed by the compacted threads of the fungi and is sufficiently impermeable to prevent the loss of water from the partnership...
8. Skin protects from water loss: desert lark
"Adjustments of lipid ratios to favor ceramides over free fatty acids and sterols have also been shown to correlate with reductions of TEWL [transepidermal water loss] in desert larks (Haugen et al., 2003a,b). The comparatively higher ratios of ce...
9. Interaction helps retain water: forests
"The results clearly show that neither maize nor grasses can duplicate the services of the original tropical forest. With its two hundred plant species, the forest lets virtually none of its soil or water escape and sustains a lush productivity ye...
10. Flotation in turbulent waters: Heteropterid bugs
"Among the most superficially aquatic and numerous insects of freshwater areas are various Heteropterid bugs, such as pond-skaters, water-measurers and water-crickets. lnsects like these seldom even get their feet wet since they are able to stride...
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