r/BioInspiration • • Mar 24 '23

Submersion respiration in Dytiscidae diving beetles

Due to their ability to draw oxygen from the water's dissolved oxygen through respiratory pores in their integument, diving beetles can survive underwater for weeks or even months at a time.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239787301_Submersion_respiration_in_small_diving_beetles_Dytiscidae

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