namib desert beetle

常見例句

IN THE dry desert on the west coast of Namibia, where the annual average rainfall is a meagre 40mm, the Namib beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) has evolved a unique mechanism to drink.
在年平均降水量僅有40毫米的納米比亞西海岸的干燥沙漠里，納米布甲蟲已進(jìn)化出獨(dú)特的集水機(jī)能。
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And it said that bumps on the wing cases of the Namib desert beetle enabled it to gather water droplets from frequent fogs in a region where only about 1 cm (0.5 inch) of rain falls a year.
研究項(xiàng)目還說，納米布沙漠甲蟲鞘翅上的凸起使它能夠從經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的霧中收集水滴，從而在年降雨量只有大約10毫米的地方生存下去。

One of Brinker's recent projects was inspired by the Namib Desert beetle, which survives by collecting the dew drops that roll down the channels on its extremely hydrophobic back.
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