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Adaptations in Animal Survival

All living things have inherited characteristics that help them adapt to their environments through structural and behavioral adaptations. Structural adaptations are physical traits like camouflage, mimicry, and body structures that aid survival. Behavioral adaptations are instinctual behaviors such as migration, hibernation, and living in groups. Adaptations help organisms obtain food, protect themselves from predators, and reproduce more successfully in changing environments.

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Adaptations in Animal Survival

All living things have inherited characteristics that help them adapt to their environments through structural and behavioral adaptations. Structural adaptations are physical traits like camouflage, mimicry, and body structures that aid survival. Behavioral adaptations are instinctual behaviors such as migration, hibernation, and living in groups. Adaptations help organisms obtain food, protect themselves from predators, and reproduce more successfully in changing environments.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE

All living things change to fit


their environment

ADAPTATIONS!!!!!!!!

Inherited Characteristics
Why do tigers have stripes?
Why are bullfrogs green on the back and white
on the belly?
Why do giraffes have such a long neck?
Why do geese fly south for the winter?
Why do waterlilies float?
Why do some plants bear fruit?

All of these questions deal with


adaptations!!!

What are adaptations?

Adaptations an inherited characteristic that helps


an organism to survive long enough to reproduce
more successfully in its changing environment and
can either be structural or behavioral.

If red touches
yellow, deadly
fellow. If red
touches black,
friendly jack.

Structural Adaptations
Definition: Actual body parts or coloration that
help an organism survive in their environment.
EX: camouflage, mimicry, bent hind legs, sharp
teeth and claws, body structures.

Behavioral Adaptations
Definition: Ways an organism act to help
them survive in their environment.
EX: Migration, hibernation, warning calls,
mating dances, hunting in packs.

Types of Structural Adaptations


CAMOUFLAGE/COLORATION: blending in with
the environment for protection from predators
or to help sneak up on prey.
Use: Obtaining
food and
protection

Types of Structural Adaptations

MIMICRY: copying a behavior or


appearance.
Used for protection or obtaining
food and protection.

Types of Structural Adaptations

Bent hind legs prey run fast to escape & predators


run fast to catch prey
Used for: protection,
locomotion

Types of Structural Adaptations

Types of Structural
Adaptations
Body Structures
Predator Eyes
facing forward to
find prey.

flippers

wings

Bent legs

We have been looking at structural adaptations


of animals. ADAPTATIONS ON THE BODY,
but animals can also have behavioral
adaptations. This type of adaptation cannot be
seen on the body. It is the way an animal reacts
or behaves in certain situations. In other
words: INSTINCTS

In simple animals, behavior is governed almost


entirely by instinct, meaning that it is preprogrammed by an animal's genes. In more
complex animals, instinctive behavior is often
modified by learning, producing more-flexible
responses to the outside world.

Behavioral Adaptations
1. Migration - seasonal or periodic
movement of animals in response to
changes in climate or food
availability, or to ensure
reproduction.
Migration most commonly involves
movement from one area to another
and then back again.

Examples: geese, whales, salmon,


Monarch butterflies

Behavioral Adaptations
2. Hibernation adaptive winter survival
technique where animal becomes inactive
and all body processes slow down.
In cold weather most animals must eat
large quantities of food to obtain the
energy needed to carry on normal
body activities.Examples: bears, chipmunks,
squirrels, bats,

Behavioral Adaptations
3. Living in a Group more
eyes in a group to watch
out for prey or predator,
protection

Examples: fish,
wildebeest,
walruses,
lions

Behavioral Adaptations
4. Tool Use - any
object
manipulated by an
animal in order to
perform a specific
task. (monkeys, otters,
birds)

5. Playing Dead - By pretending


that they are dead, some animals
escape bodily harm. (snakes,
possums)

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