Cold Desert Animals Adaptations

Other desert animals have different adaptations.

Cold desert animals adaptations. Most of the plants in cold deserts are low shrubs a short bushlike plant. How do animals survive in the desert Behavioral adaptations. The shape of a birds beak helps them to eat food as well as make nests.

Spikes protect cacti from animals. They hang down from the upper jaw forming the two uprights of a triangle with the lower jaw being the flat third side. Adaptations help desert animals to acquire and retain water and to regulate body temperatures which helps them to survive in the harsh conditions of the desert.

Have thick fur on feet protecting them from the hot ground. Since the temperatures below the surface are much cooler than above it many of the small to medium-sized animals living in the desert dig burrows to spend the hot daytime hours only coming out during the night. How do animals adapt in cold desert.

Desert Reptiles May cold-blooded animals digest their food using the suns energy. They have developed special adaptations to withstand the cold temperatures like the presence of very thick fur and the inability to sweat. Just like animals plants need to adapt to the dryness cold temperatures and saltiness of the soils of cold deserts.

Like animals in any other desert the animals in the cold desert need specific adaptations to survive in the harsh conditions of the cold deserts like Antarctic and Gobi. Large ears for dissipating body heat. God gave rattlesnakes poison to help protect them from predators and to help them catch their food.

Most cold desert shrubs are deciduous but some are partially deciduous meaning they lose part. Cold desert animals such as lizards camels and gazelles show different adaptations to protect themselves in the cold climate. Have large bat-like ears radiate body heat and help keep them cool.