Desert Adaptations Animals And Plants
Adaptations in Desert Animals.
Desert adaptations animals and plants. 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. Plants have evolved many adaptions for surviving the rigors of the desert. Camels store fat in their hump.
When this fatty tissue is metabolized it produces energy as well as water. Desert animal and plant adaptations. An adaptation is a characteristic of a living thing that helps it survive in its environment.
Camels Camels are nicknamed ships of the desert because they travel well in hot dry conditions. Some small desert animals live in burrows to escape the heat. The stems of desert plants also exhibit various specializations that allow them to thrive in harsh desert climates.
However some deserts receive less than 5 cm of rain per year. An environment includes everything living and non-living in the area that a plant or animal lives in. Loss of water is a concern for plants in the desert.
Plants have evolved many adaptions for surviving the rigors of the desert. Desert adaptations 1. Stems of most cacti and other succulents are thick and fleshy.
- So plants animals living in the desert should adapt to survive in it. Have spines to protect plants from being eaten by animals. Plant and animal adaptations in the desert.