烏羽玉透過失水引起的收縮潛入沙漠地面，在降雨後吸水誘導膨脹而重新冒出，以適應季節性水分供應變化
(The shoot of the mescal cactus adapts to seasonal water availability via dehydration-induced shrinking below the desert floor, and hydration-induced swelling to reemerge after rainfall.)

噴瓜的果實透過壓力噴發來散播種子
(The fruit of squirting cucumbers distribute seeds by ejecting them under pressure.)

毛氈苔葉片上的黏性腺毛因觸感改變位置，是透過快速分化的細胞生長
(Sticky hairs on the leaves of sundews change position in response to touch via expedient differential cell growth.)

百合花瓣從頂部往下打開是因為花瓣外緣的生長速率較快
(Petals of the lily peel open from the top down due to faster growth rates of the outer edge of the petal.)

人類的肌肉柔性取決於束縛分子單元之間的滑動
(The muscles of humans flex by the sliding of tethered molecular units over one another.)

伸口魚的口部以多桿連鎖高速發射牠的顎以捕捉獵物
(The snout of the sling-jaw wrasse captures prey using multibar linkages to shoot its jaw out at high speed.)

黏菌的細胞質利用適應性的覓食策略創造有效率的連結網絡
(Cytoplasm of slime molds creates efficient connective networks using adaptive foraging strategies)

蝴蝶的口器通過肌肉收縮和一個液壓的、逐步的機制，從緊密收卷的狀態伸展開來
(The proboscis of the butterfly unwinds from a tightly coiled position via muscular contraction and a hydraulic, step-wise mechanism.)