蜜蜂的免疫系統是透過飲食來維持，缺乏多樣的蛋白質會降低免疫系統運行的能力。
(The honeybee’s immune system is maintained through diet and that a lack of diverse protein sources reduces the ability of its immune system to function.)

袋食蟻獸藉由毛髮站立，使得更大面積的皮膚接觸太陽並形成隔絕空氣層來減少熱量散失
(By making their hairs stand up, numbats expose more skin to the sun and create an insulating layer of air to reduce heat loss. )

微生物建構「奈米線」的外部蛋白網路，以輸出電子到細胞外
(Microbes build external protein networks of “nanowires” to export electrons outside their cell walls.)

萊姆病的病原體柏氏疏螺旋體擁有特殊的能力，能夠用錳，而不是鐵製造酶，並且幫助它躲避免疫系統的防禦和偵測其存在。
(The Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi has an unusual ability to substitute manganese for iron to build enzymes, which helps it elude immune defenses as well as tests to detect it.)

臭菘的內部恆溫器調控溫度，跟隨著稱為「坐禪吸子」的數學演算法
(The internal thermostat of skunk cabbage regulates temperature, following a mathematical algorithm, dubbed the “Zazen attractor.”)