1. BIOZENE
A NEW PERSPECTIVE OF NATURE

2. Team members
• Sushma –COE11B010
• Kuladeep-COE11B026
• Sowmika-EDM11B014
• Nikhila-EDM11B026
• Bala Krishna-EDM11B027
• Balaji Naik- MDM11B024

3. • BIOMIMICRY
Inspiration from nature
to solve human problems

4. ABEDUS HERBERTI

5. • FAMILY- Belostomatidae
• SUB FAMILY-Belostomatinae
• ORDER-Hemiptera
• PHYLUM-Arthropoda

6. Interesting Features
• Compound Eye
• Plastron Breathing
• Dynamic Gaping
• Rainfall Cues

7. COMPOUND EYE
• Excellent in detecting motion
• Clear vision of nearer objects
• Ultraviolet vision

8. At a glance!!

9. Magnified view of
Ommatidia

10. Formation of image in
compound eye

11. Digital Camera

12. Mimicing compound eye to
digital camera

14. Difference in normal vision
and ultraviolet vision

15. Plastron Breathing
• This process is used for under water
breathing
• Uses gas exchange mechanism through
an air bubble.

16. Structure of Plastrons
Pores where air
bubbles are trapped

17. Dynamic Gaping
• Exchange of gases by flapping their wings
Gas is
exchanged while
flipping the wings

18. Plastron Interface

19. SCUBA DIVING SUIT
Oxygen
Oxygen
cylinder adding
cylinder adding
a weight of
a weight of
40kg
40kg

20. DIVING SUIT WITHOUT
OXYGEN CYLINDER
• Certain number of plastrons are placed on
suit so that it can trap the air bubbles and
supply oxygen to the diver

21. Exchange of gases using
dynamic gaping
• Carbon dioxide produced in the helmet is
again sent to the plastron
• This gas is exchanged through the
process of dynamic gaping

22. Stream Abandonment
Behaviour
• Uses rainfall as a cue to abandon streams
• Can be used as a process for predicting
the floods.

23. Nature is full of mysteries
keep explroing