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    • Two hands holding a selection of Pipi shells.
    Rights: NIWA, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Published 11 January 2012 Size: 84 KB Referencing Hub media

    An example of structural adaptation is the hard shell of a pipi. It protects the soft inside from predators and also stops the pipi from drying out.

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