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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2021-02-09 02:38 pm
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Nano-chameleons

... may be the world's smallest reptiles, with proportionally giant genitals. 

Re: Yes ...

(Anonymous) 2021-02-10 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I know jellies have a hydroskeleton, and spiders actually use hydraulics* to extend their legs**. Both of those would use liquid water.
*think pressurizing a garden hose
**the legs contract with another mechanism (and that's why the legs curl when they dry out)

I think pufferfish would puff up with water as well. Plants are kind of hydroskeletal - they go limp when they dry out.

I guess hydroskeletons and musculoskeletons (?) are good for flexibiliy (and storing extra water), but the osseous/hard skeletons make better armor/weapons.
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Re: Yes ...

[personal profile] acelightning 2021-02-12 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
According to Wikipedia, pufferfish puff by filling their stomachs with water.