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Adsorption and movement of water by skin of the Australian thorny devil (Agamidae: Moloch horridus)
Moisture-harvesting lizards, such as the Australian thorny devil Moloch horridus, have remarkable adaptations for inhabiting arid regions. Their microstructured skin surface, with channels in between overlapping scales, enables them to collect water by capillarity and passively transport it to the m...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627102/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989762 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170591 |