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Pillbugs breathe through modified gills that must stay moist — that's why they live in damp places.
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Pillbugs breathe through modified gills that must stay moist — that's why they live in damp places.

The diving bell spider is the only spider that lives its entire adult life underwater.

Riffle beetles are NOT SWIMMERS — they cannot swim through open water like other aquatic beetles. Instead, they WALK on stream-bottom rocks AGAINST THE CURRENT using strong claws and hydrodynamic body shape.