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How Some Wildlife Species Survive Without Water for Months

How Some Wildlife Species Survive Without Water for Months

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How Some Wildlife Species Survive Without Water for Months

Water is the most fundamental requirement for animal survival and the general rule in biology is that a mammal will die within days without access to it. But several species have developed physiological strategies for surviving weeks or months in environments where water is effectively absent. Here is how some of the most extreme drought survivors in the animal kingdom manage a resource shortage that would kill most other creatures within seventy-two hours or less.
 

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