1. Behavioral Adaptations

2. What if you are having a snowball fight?
You probably run away from the person throwing at you, and maybe even try to sneak up on that person and throw some snowballs!

3. Behavioral Adaptations…
Now let’s learn about
Behavioral Adaptations…
Behavioral Adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs.

4. Remember that Physical Adaptations are body structures.
Behavioral Adaptations are behaviors that allow animals to find food, protect itself from predators, and survive in its environment.
Remember that Physical Adaptations are body structures.
Each organism has unique methods of adapting to its environment by means of different actions.

5. We can divide Behavioral Adaptations into two groups:
Instinctive
Learned
These behaviors happen naturally & don’t have to be learned.
These behaviors must be taught.

6. = Instinctive behaviors happen naturally & don’t need to be learned
Methods of gathering & storing food
Hibernating
Defending oneself
Finding shelter
Raising young
Migrating

7. Learned behaviors
Obtained by interacting with the environment and cannot be passed on to the next generation except by teaching. =

8. Types of Behavioral Adaptations
Migration
Hibernation
Living in Packs
Spinning Webs
Stalking Prey
Staying still
Fleeing predators
Shooting spray
Sounding scary
Looking scary

10. What is hibernation? This is a very special kind of deep sleep
It is brought on by short day lengths, cold temperatures and food shortages

11. Why do animals hibernate?
It is a survival strategy
Dropping into a deep hibernation means animals are using less energy
Food is scarce
Animals miss the cold seasons

12. What are the dangers of hibernation?
The animal is defenceless, which means it maybe attacked by predators and eaten!

13. How do animals prepare for hibernation?
They try to put on as much fat as possible because they wont be eating much during the winter
This is called brown fat, which is found across the back and shoulders, close to an animal’s organs
Brown fat works hard to deliver quick energy to an animal coming out of hibernation

14. Light Sleepers Some animals are not true hibernators
They are easily awakened during their winter slumbers
These animals breathe a little more slowly and lower their body temperature a few degrees
The wake up to forage between winter snows
Bears, skunks, raccoons

15. What is Migration? 15

16. Migration: Seasonal back and forth journeys between two places.
What is migration?
Migration:
Seasonal back and forth journeys between two places. 16

17. Which animals migrate? Mammals Birds Amphibians Reptiles Fish Insects17

18. Why do animals migrate?
Animals migrate to find food or weather advantageous to their survival.
Animals migrate in a set pattern.
Some travel short distances (birds, bats, whales).
Some travel long distances (songbirds, shorebirds, waterfowl, hawks, some bats and whales.
Some animals move up and down mountain slopes because of snow depth and food conditions (deer, elk, Mountain Goats, Spotted Owls, some songbirds) 18

19. Bird Migration
Over 5 billion land birds migrate between Europe and Asia to Africa
75% of 650 bird species that nest in N. America migrate 19

20. Dangers of Migration Predation
Land and water
Human destruction of migration points because of over population. 20