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It sounds like the excerpt describes desert-adapted animals that can obtain moisture directly from the air through mechanisms such as channeling dew on their skin to their mouths or using their tongues to collect fog water condensed on plants, sand, and rocks. Although the specific animals aren’t named in the text you shared, this moisture-collecting behavior is known in several desert species.
For example, some desert beetles like the Namib Desert beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) are known to harvest water from fog using grooves on their backs. Similarly, certain lizards, such as thorny devil lizards, can channel dew or rainwater that condenses on their skin to their mouths through specialized skin channels.
If you want, I can provide more detailed information about these desert specialists or identify which species typically exhibit this behavior. Just let me know!
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