Animal Adaptations

•  adaptation, hibernate, camouflage, mimicry
• Adaptations are traits of behaviors that help living things survive or continue to live
• adaptations help animals move, get food, and protect themselves
• a sandgrouse is a desert bird whose feathers soak up water
• a fennec fox has large ears that help it cool off, and it's fur is very thin
• camels can close their nostrils to keep out sand.
• they store far in humps and wide hooves help them walk on the sand
• hibernate-to live off of it's own bodyfat and use very little energy
• migrate- to change location as needed
• camouflage-to blend in with the environment
• arctic fox and arctic hare change color with the seasons
• mimicry-when one kind of thing looks like another 
• the honeybee has a dangerous stinger, while a hoover fly does not; the hoover fly looks like the honeybee to avoid predators
• some snakes and lizards have poison in their jaws, hedgehogs are covered with spines, these help protect them or help them kill food
• fleas make their home in animals fur, while the mammal gives the flea a home and food, the flea hurts the mammal by making its skin red and itchy
• some fish eat the algae off of sea turtles, this is helpful as the sea turtle gets a clean shell and the fish get food
• certain birds clean the leeches off of crocodiles teeth, the bird gets food and the crocodile gets clean gums!