Desert Animal Adaptations Camel
Thus most of the animals in desert ecosystem rely on their behavioural physiological and structural adaptations to avoid the desert heat and dryness.
Desert animal adaptations camel. This fat is used for a very important purpose. Camels often live in deserts that are hot and dry during the day coping with wind-blown sand and cold at night. Camels Their tough mouth can chew thorny desert.
Thick fur on the top of the body for shade and thin fur. They have wide feet for walking in sand. A camel is always armed with different arsenals to ensure its survival in a harsh environment like a desert.
Long eye lashes hairy ears and closing nostrils help to keep out sand. Plant and animal bodies are made up of a number of complex biological processes which take place within a narrow range of temperatures. Camels have oval shaped red blood cells instead of circular like ours to help the flow of blood cells when they are dehydrated.
It has nostrils that can open and close. They have long eyelashes and thin slit nostrils that they can close to protect them from blowing sand. The animals of the desert are highly adapted to the low availability of water due to the absence of precipitation less than 250 liters per year high evapotranspiration and thermal difference between day and night characteristics of the desert.
Some of these unique adaptations include an artery that branches into a series of blood vessels found at the posterior region of the brain rete mirabile or carotid rete which come into contact with a network of small venules transporting blood back from the. Camel is known as ship of the desert it can travel long distances witho. Rarely sweat even in hot temperatures so when they do take in fluids they can conserve them for long periods of time.
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. Desert mammals do not readily find water hence they must excrete very less amount of water. Even though that would be an impressive adaptation the hump is actually used to store fat.