namib desert beetle

常见例句

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.
在年平均降水量仅有40毫米的纳米比亚西海岸的干燥沙漠里，纳米布甲虫已进化出独特的集水机能。
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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.
研究项目还说，纳米布沙漠甲虫鞘翅上的凸起使它能够从经常出现的雾中收集水滴，从而在年降雨量只有大约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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