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11. Deciduous trees produce more soil water: oaks
"Will any forest tree work the same on a given site? Are trees completely interchangeable? The questions hinged on whether trees vary in their capacity for water interception and transpiration. To get answers, loggers clear-cut mature hardwood for...
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12. Baleen Filters water filters
The Baleen filter is a highly efficient, non-pressurized self-cleaning separation technology that offers reliable, trouble-free filtration to 25 microns without chemical assistance. Therefore there are o...
13. 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...
14. Capsules launch seeds: Namaqualand mesems
"Most of the Namaqualand mesems [Mesembryanthemums], as they are known for short, do not scatter their seeds after flowering but retain them in capsules. The structure of these devices is usually very intricate indeed. When the first rain falls, p...
15. Body shape reduces friction: dolphin
"The streamlined body of optimal shape has a length of 4.5 times its diameter. In this case the surface is smallest relative to the volume. This optimal numerical proportion has not remained a secret from nature: for dolphins (Tursiops gilli) the ...
16. 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)
17. Trenches gather water: flying saucer trench beetle
"A third method involves uptake of free water directly from fog-moistened sand. The most elaborate procedure is used by the genus Lepidochora (Seely and Hamilton, 1976) (Fig. 3 c). These flat, circular, short-legged beetles construct a shallow tre...
18. Adhering to multiple substrates: blackberry
"One of the most mobile of plants…is the blackberry. An individual, once established, immediately starts to seek new territory for itself. It puts out exploratory stems…They begin to advance directly and purposefully…Each stem...
19. White blood cells adhere closely: mammals
"Dr. Shasha Klibanov, Dr. Jonathan Lindner, and graduate student Jack Rychack of the University of Virginia are studying how leukocytes bind at high speeds to areas of infection. Physicians want to use microbubbles in combination with ultrasound t...
20. Tree structure reduces water loss: umbrella thorn trees
"According to the savannah literature, grasses utilise the topsoil water while tree roots have exclusive access to deeper water, creating a clear niche separation (Weltzin and Coughenour, 1990; Deans et al., 1995). However, Belsky and her colleagu...
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