Adaptations

Find out how "Creatures are constantly coping" 

Explore the possiblities...could you adapt to challenges like these animals?
 
Adaptations are ways that organisms change over time in order to survive, or cope, in an often hostile environment.

What adaptations do you notice on this leopard?
                      
         There are many types of adaptations.  Organisms may adapt through camouflage, speed,  jaws, claws, or any number of ways.  Think of your thumbs.  Imagine what our lives would be like without them!  We are well adapted to our environments, too.
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What are some of the reasons that animals have to adapt to their environment?  Check out this site: 

For more on general desert life including unique adaptations to that climate, click here : 
 
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