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English: Scale surface of Moloch horridus. Scanning electron microscope. The honeycomb-like ornamentation renders the surface extremly hydrophilic, allowing the thorny devil to have a thin water film on its skin after a shower, misty morning etc. The water is then sucked into small interscalar channels, which transport the water to the mouth of the devil by capillary forces. |
| Source | Philipp Comanns, Christian Effertz, Florian Hischen, Konrad Staudt, Wolfgang Böhme and Werner Baumgartner. 2011. Moisture harvesting and water transport through specialized micro-structures on the integument of lizards. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol 2, 204–214. doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.24 |
| Author | Comanns et al |
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