What are the differences or similarities in the strategies that they have employed?
The lung fish and the desert frog burrows itself into the soil/mud to escape the drought and it coats itself with the mucus and the skin respectively to create a “skin” that is impenetrable to prevent water loss while the thorny devil is able to use capillary action to suck up water that is left on the floor.
From what you understand about Homeostasis so far, how do you think these strategies allow for homeostasis to occur?
These strategies allow for either prevention of water loss or replenishment of lost water. The lung fish and the desert frog coats itself with mucus and sheds dead skin respectively to reduce the total amount of water loss so that there is a constant equilibrium while the thorny devil replenishes the water it has lost by sucking it up through it skin as well as eating black ants that have water content in them.
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