The mud actually acts as a physical barrier, preventing insects from landing on their skin and biting. In addition, the dried mud provides protection from the sun’s intense UV rays. Elephants ...

And as the mud dried, the particles would adhere to the ... but it didn't have the same elastic properties as human skin. So they made their own ball out of PDMS, carefully tuned to the same ...

It can endure prolonged periods under dried, hardened mud, effectively in a state of suspended ... survive up to 30 hours on land as long as its skin remains moist. The fish achieves this by ...