Imagine a planet made up entirely of a single, never-ending desert. What kinds of extreme life forms might be found there? Would this be a universe of microscopic organisms or colossal monsters? Arrakis, popularly known as Dune, is the name of the titular planet in the world-famous science fiction novel and film of the same name. Let’s embark on an adventure to decipher how the exotic forms of life work and look for biological analogues in the most unlikely places on Earth. Arrakis is a single never-ending desert, unlike any place in the universe. The planet is as arid as Mars' surface in terms of precipitation in comparison, our planet is brimming with water. On Earth, the closest environment we have to Arrakis is the deserts, creatures have evolved and developed a plethora of techniques to cope with the extreme heat on Earth, however many of these adaptations will be useless on Arrakis as it has a harsher environment in comparison to Earth. In the film, a jumping ...