Desert Adaptations Animals And Plants
Adaptations of Desert Plants.
Desert adaptations animals and plants. Desert Plants Animals in the Bible and their Adaptations By Kathy Applebee Aligned with VA SOLs 34 35 36 45 2. Because of this animals in these environments have developed both behavioral and physiological adaptations in order to survive 10. Plants have evolved many adaptions for surviving the rigors of the desert.
Reptiles such as snakes come in the open only at dawn or dusk. Desert animal adaptations 1. Camels jackrabbits foxes snakes insects are some of the predominant xerocoles or desert animals.
The two main adaptations that desert animals must make are how to deal with lack of water and how to deal with extremes in temperature. Plants have evolved many adaptions for surviving the rigors of the desert. Carnivores like hyenas leopards and lions that are at the top of the food chain get their share of water from the bodies of their prey.
Succulent plants seeds or the blood and body tissues of their prey. This helps them survive for a long time without food and water. Stem Adaptations in Desert Plants.
- Desert is a very tough environment to live in. Thick and Fleshy Stems. Adaptations help desert animals to acquire and retain water and to regulate body temperatures which helps them to survive in the harsh conditions of the desert.
Thus adaptations of desert animals are actually the adjustments to protect themselves against high temperatures to live without water and to conserve water as far as possible. Such stems hold moisture that helps the plant survive drought. Also the hump of the camel has fatty tissue.