Hummingbirds cross the Gulf of Mexico on less than 3 grams (one tenth of an ounce) of fuel.
Dragonflies outmanoeuvre our best helicopters.
Heating and air-conditioning systems in termite mounds are superior in terms of equipment and energy consumption to those made by human beings.
A bat’s high-frequency transmitter is more efficient and sensitive than our own radar systems.
Light-emitting algae combine various chemicals to illuminate their bodies.
Chameleons and cuttlefish change the pattern of their skin to blend instantly with their surroundings.
Bees, turtles, and birds navigate without maps.
Bees produce a substance called “propolis” that has the feature of not allowing any bacteria to live in it.
A caterpillar protects itself from its enemies by the false face of a dreadful snake in its tail.
The savage Aspidontus fish, benefiting from its resemblance to the Cleaner fish, comes near to the fish that hope to be cleaned up and tears pieces from their tails and fins.
The pill bug rolls inside, takes the shape of a ball at a moment of danger, and is protected, thanks to its strong shell.
In a moment of danger, the lizard swells itself and makes its body seem far greater than it really is. When it swells up, a mane emerging around its head makes it look even more terrifying.
Being no taller than a few centimeters, termites can erect towers many meters high without using any tools.
Geese can fly at an altitude of 8,000 m.
The snout of the dolphin was taken as a model for the bows of modern ships.
From a special organ located on the front part of their head, dolphins emit sound waves with 200,000 hertz (vibrations per second), with the help of which, they not only detect obstacles in their way but also, from the quality of the echo, estimate the direction, distance, speed, size and shape of the object in question.
The flat shape of the catfish, which is very effective hydrodynamically, has set a model for airplane design.