Mastodawn

It only ever grows two leaves, which slowly shred into a "nest of noodles" over centuries while it survives by literally breathing in the morning fog.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/flowers/welwitschia-mirabilis?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=news_links&utm_content=welwitschia-mirabilis

#botany #nature #namibdesert #science #biology #evolution #plants

It’s longer than a blue whale, is thousands of years old and drinks fog – meet this weird ‘living fossil’ | Discover Wildlife

This living fossil (having unchanged for more than 200 million years) can survive some of the harshest conditions on Earth

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Lu Feb 3

That place

#namibia #africa #desert #namibdesert #travel #tb #memories

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jan 12

Namib desert #beetles run to stay cool https://theconversation.com/a-namib-desert-beetle-runs-to-stay-cool-how-scientists-solved-the-puzzle-of-this-unique-and-speedy-species-269433

Beetling the heat – the diurnal #Namib Desert #beetle Onymacris plana cools by running: Carole Roberts et al. https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/228/16/jeb250379/368895/Beetling-the-heat-the-diurnal-Namib-Desert-beetle

"it’s the fastest of all the #invertebrates of the #NamibDesert sands. This tiny beetle can run as fast as a human can walk... the beetle in fact gets cooler when it exercises. This is the first land animal to have been found with this capability... some desert #ants may also be able to do it"