Moisture harvesting system in thorny devils - Clara García Guardiola
Nombre y apellidos:
Clara García Guardiola
País:
España
Redes sociales:
www.instagram.com/claragarciailustracion
Título:
Moisture harvesting system in thorny devils
Especie:
Thorny devil (Moloch horridus)
Descripción:
Inhabiting deserts and semi-deserts of Australia these specialized lizards harvest environmental moisture using their skin.
The skin channels transporting water are formed by partially overlapping scales with a narrow opening on their superficial side (A), by which a semi-tubular system of channels is formed extending over the lizard's body surface.
Channels are hierarchically structured as a large channel, between irregularly hexagonal scales (B) and spines (C), sub-divided by protusions (Oberhäutchen structures – D) into smaller sub-capillaries. The large channel absorbs water whereas the sub-capillaries extend the transport distance. Water is transported to the mouth by capillary action (blue and white arrows showing water direction), where active ingestion occurs by jaws movements.
Categoría:
Ilustración científica
Técnica:
Graphite and digital edition
Año:
2018
Como autor de la ilustración he dado permiso para que sea cargada en Wikimedia Commons con licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento Compartir Igual 3.0.
Clara García Guardiola
País:
España
Redes sociales:
www.instagram.com/claragarciailustracion
Título:
Moisture harvesting system in thorny devils
Especie:
Thorny devil (Moloch horridus)
Descripción:
Inhabiting deserts and semi-deserts of Australia these specialized lizards harvest environmental moisture using their skin.
The skin channels transporting water are formed by partially overlapping scales with a narrow opening on their superficial side (A), by which a semi-tubular system of channels is formed extending over the lizard's body surface.
Channels are hierarchically structured as a large channel, between irregularly hexagonal scales (B) and spines (C), sub-divided by protusions (Oberhäutchen structures – D) into smaller sub-capillaries. The large channel absorbs water whereas the sub-capillaries extend the transport distance. Water is transported to the mouth by capillary action (blue and white arrows showing water direction), where active ingestion occurs by jaws movements.
Categoría:
Ilustración científica
Técnica:
Graphite and digital edition
Año:
2018
Como autor de la ilustración he dado permiso para que sea cargada en Wikimedia Commons con licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento Compartir Igual 3.0.