Water capture by a desert beetle
@article{Parker2001WaterCB, title={Water capture by a desert beetle}, author={A. Parker and Chris Lawrence}, journal={Nature}, year={2001}, volume={414}, pages={33-34} }
Some beetles in the Namib Desert collect drinking water from fog-laden wind on their backs. We show here that these large droplets form by virtue of the insect's bumpy surface, which consists of alternating hydrophobic, wax-coated and hydrophilic, non-waxy regions. The design of this fog-collecting structure can be reproduced cheaply on a commercial scale and may find application in water-trapping tent and building coverings, for example, or in water condensers and engines.
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