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Adaptations

Adaptations. How Animals Survive. What is Adaptation?. All animals live in habitats. Habitats provide food, water, and shelter which animals need to survive. Animals also depend on their physical features to help them obtain food, keep safe, build homes, withstand weather, and attract mates.

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Adaptations

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  1. Adaptations How Animals Survive

  2. What is Adaptation? • All animals live in habitats. • Habitats provide food, water, and shelter which animals need to survive. • Animals also depend on their physical features to help them obtain food, keep safe, build homes, withstand weather, and attract mates. • These physical features are called physical adaptations.

  3. Squirrel Monkey • Located in South America • Diet consists of insects, spiders, bird eggs, fruit, and nuts. • Squirrel monkeys move through the trees by leaping. They have thighs that are shorter relative to their lower legs; this allows more jumping force.

  4. Squirrel Monkey • They distribute a musky glandular secretion throughout their fur (especially on tail) as scent to mark territory or to leave a trail for others of the troop to follow as they go through the trees. • This odor turns away hunters who might otherwise kill them for food.

  5. Polar Bears • Located in the Arctic • Diet consists of seal and fish. • They have longer legs than other bears and large furry feet that help to distribute their weight as they walk on thin ice. • Their fur is made of hollow hairs which trap air and help to insulate them in the frigid waters.

  6. Giraffe • Located in sub-Saharan Africa, north-eastern Kenya, eastern Sudan and Eritrea. • giraffe also eat flowers, vines and herbs, and may chew on bones, perhaps to gain additional minerals. • An average of 16-20 hours per day are spent feeding and up to 140 lbs of fresh browse are taken.

  7. Giraffe Thorns are not a deterrent to feeding; the long, prehensile, muscular tongue (which can be extended up to 18 inches), thick, gluey saliva, and special upper palate shape enable the giraffe to process thorny foods.

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