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Animal Adaptations
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Adaptation - Anything that helps an organism survive in its environment
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Types of Adaptation It also refers to the ability of living things to adjust to different conditions within their environments. Structural adaptation Protective coloration Mimicry Behavior adaptations Migration Hibernation
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Structural Adaptations
Physical feature Teeth Body coverings Movement
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Protective Coloration
Coloration and protective resemblance allow an animal to blend into its environment. Another word for this might be camouflage. Their camouflage makes it hard for enemies to single out individuals.
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Kinds of coloration/camouflage
Concealing coloration – using coloration to hide against a background of the same color.
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Kinds of coloration/camouflage
Disruptive coloration – breaks up the solid outline of an animal with spots, stripes, or other patterns so that the animal doesn’t stick out against the background.
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Kinds of coloration/camouflage
Disguises – When animals or part of their bodies resemble objects in their environment. Example: The insect called the walking stick looks like a small tree branch or twig.
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Kinds of coloration/camouflage
Countershading – When the coloration of the upper part of an animal is darker than its undersides. This causes sunlight to be counteracted. Ex. Whales
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Mimicry Mimicry allows one animal to look, sound, or act like another animal to fool predators into thinking it is poisonous or dangerous.
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Behaviour adaptations
Behaviour adaptations include activities that help an animal survive. Behaviour adaptations can be learned or instinctive. Social behaviour Behaviour for protection Examples: opossum plays dead or rabbits freezing
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Migration This is when behavioral adaptation that involves an animal or group of animals moving from one region to another and then back again. Animals migrate for different reasons. better climate better food safe place to live safe place to raise young go back to the place they were born.
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Hibernation This is deep sleep in which animal’s body temp drops, body activities are slowed to conserve energy. Example: Bats, woodchucks & bears. Animals live off of stored fat
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