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A Namib Desert Beetle Runs to Stay Cool: How Scientists Solved the Puzzle of This Unique and Speedy Species
The Namib darkling beetle cools by running, using wind to dissipate heat, an adaptation aiding daytime activity and survival in extreme desert temperatures.
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Namibia: A Namib Desert Beetle Runs to Stay Cool - How Scientists Solved the Puzzle of This Unique and Speedy Species
Analysis - The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot - the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number of around 200 beetle species live on its bare, inhospitable-looking sand dunes.
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Phys.orgA Namib desert beetle runs to stay cool: how scientists solved the puzzle of this unique and speedy species
The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot – the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number of around 200 beetle species live on its bare, inhospitable-looking sand dunes. Scientists studying them were perplexed by the astonishing behaviour of one of the beetle species – a darkling beetle, Onymacris plana. Like most desert darkling beetles, it is black – a colour that absorbs heat. And it has a flattened bod…
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