Desert Animals Adaptations To Conserve Water

Plants in deserts have adaptations to conserve water.

Desert animals adaptations to conserve water. Other common adaptations seen in desert animals include big ears light-colored coats humps to store fat and adaptations that help conserve water. Succulent plants seeds or the blood and body tissues of their prey. Other mammals conserve water by using it as efficiently as possible.

Among the thousands of desert animal species there are almost as many remarkable behavioral and structural adaptations developed for avoiding excess heat. Extreme desert is without any vegetation and rainfall. To do this they squeeze out every drop available to them and recycle it.

A xerocole from Greek xēros ˈ z ɪ r oʊ s dry and Latin colere to inhabit is a general term referring to any animal that is adapted to live in a desert. Other common adaptations seen in desert animals include big ears light-colored coats humps to store fat and adaptations that help conserve water. The kangaroo rat is known for its ability to conserve water in the dehydrating conditions of its dessert environment.

To conserve water they avoid evaporation and concentrate excretions ie. Desert animals have developed anatomical and physiological adaptations to keep cool and conserve water. How have animals adapted to the desert.

Equally ingenious are the diverse mechanisms various animal species have developed to acquire conserve. A common desert adaptation in animals is to save water by not exposing themselves to hot temperatures. The most animals small size use these strategies to adapt to the desert.

Since water is so scarce most desert animals get their water from the food they eat. 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. Few animals have adapted to survive the hottest desert regions besides scorpions and small reptiles.