How do Animals Adapt to Living in the Desert?
What are the adaptations of animals in the desert? How are they useful?
How do Animals Adapt to Living in the Desert?
Some of the animals have adapted to survive in the hot desert areas, apart from the scorpions and small reptiles. In areas with more water, the level of biodiversity is increasing, as is the vegetation, such as shrubs, cacti, and multi-drug resistant trees, and the base of a wide food web. Because in the desert there is to be found on most continents, a variety of animal species have evolved to survive in the harsh desert environment.
Camels have been domesticated for at least 3,500 years, and have long been valued as beasts of burden. They can carry large loads of up to 25 miles per hour. Camels have adapted to survive in the hot desert because:
There are thresholds for the storage of fat, which a camel can divide into water, energy, and food will be provided.
rarely sweat, even when the temperature is high, so if they are liquid, they will be able to store it for a longer period.
big, hard lips, and allow them to pick dry and thorny desert vegetation;
They have broad, flat, leathery feet, and to reduce weight and protect themselves from the burning sand,
they lose a little bit of water during urination and perspiration.
They have nostrils and two rows of eyelashes to protect against the sand.
– Written By Shivani Thakkar
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