The Thorny Devil Has Built-In Straws
This desert lizard sucks water through microscopic channels in its skin up to its mouth like a built-in straw! If you can’t think of a biological use for this in an alien, it can certainly inspire some amazing tech. What can you come up with?
The thorny devil stays hydrated thanks to its skin, which pulls water away from moist grains, against gravity and into its mouth.
Source: The Thorny Devil, a Desert Lizard That Drinks From Sand – The Atlantic
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