Unusual methods of water conservation (1 Viewer)

[Danoz The Great]

What's a pretty unusual method that an AUSTRALIAN animal uses for water conservation? It has to be pretty damn unique.

I've already written about the kangaroos nostrils and lips, and the thorny devil's skin. I need one more. It'd be great if someone could help before 8:30am tomorrow lol.


Thanks in advance.

 

[bluesky100]

Hope this is what you are after but here is something I found on the spinifex hopping-mouse.

- The spinifex hopping-mouse really takes care of water.
-It does not need to drink. The seeds, insects and roots that it eats provide enough water to live on.
-It has no sweat glands.
-Its droppings are almost completely dry.
-Its kidneys waste very little water (its urine is one of the most concentrated of any mammal).
-Mothers produce very concentrated milk (and drink the urine of their young).
-It is active at night (when it is cooler).
-It lives together in burrows (this increases the humidity in the burrow and reduces water loss).
-It even uses water from starch in the seeds it eats

Source: http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/water/riteframe.htm

Water holding frog - http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/water/riteframe.htm . Might be better to use this than the above example.

 

[Danoz The Great]

thankyou for that!!! it's a good example. thanks loads