Desert Animal Adaptations Camel
Camels Their tough mouth can chew thorny desert.
Desert animal adaptations camel. Pupils are then required to annotate a diagram of a camel showing ways it has managed to adapt to an extreme desert environment slide 5. Adaptations are not developed in the course of an organisms life. Hello BodhaGuru Learning proudly presents an animated video in English which teaches about habitat and adaptation.
Even though that would be an impressive adaptation the hump is actually used to store fat. Thus most of the animals in desert ecosystem rely on their behavioural physiological and structural adaptations to avoid the desert heat and dryness. Bactrian camels found in the gobi and takla makan deserts have thick and coarse hairy coats to keep them warm during the cold winters and they shed these thick coats as summer sets in.
They are adapted to survive a long time without water and food. Large flat feet - to spread their weight on the sand. The camel has many adaptive traits for their life in the desert.
The main task of the lesson involves pupils creating their own animal suited to a desert they can choose features from the handout make sure they reflect a desert environment. How animals adapt to extremely arid conditions Eg camels. The water is not available easily.
Camels are well adapted for survival in the desert. Desert animal adaptations Animals also have to cope in the desert using adaptations such as being nocturnal or living under ground to survive. Strong winds blow there.
Adaptations of Camels to the Desert Environment Physiological adaptations Water conservation. Their mouths have also adapted to the tough dry plant of the desert. 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.