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Well, That's One Way to Get a Drink

Animals  (tags: lizard, desert, water, skin )

Eduardo
- 414 days ago - sciencenow.sciencemag.org
Certain lizards have a network of tiny channels in the spaces between their scales that can suck up water from the ground (or from rain falling on their back) and transport it to their mouth for drinking.
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