Desert Animal Adaptations Camel
Desert mammals maintain water balance by physiological adaptations that minimise water loss and by gaining water from food andor from metabolism that produces oxidation water.
Desert animal adaptations camel. They have long eyelashes and thin slit nostrils that they can close to protect them from blowing sand. Their mouths have also adapted to the tough dry plant of the desert. The water is not available easily.
It has nostrils that can open and close. Bactrian or two humped camels live in Asia. Camels are well adapted for survival in the desert.
Adaptations of Camels to the Desert Environment Physiological adaptations Water conservation. Desert adapted camels have evolved physiological adaptations that reduce the amount of water lost or are able to tolerate significant amounts of water loss 9. Pupils are then required to annotate a diagram of a camel showing ways it has managed to adapt to an extreme desert environment slide 5.
The animals of the desert are highly adapted to the low availability of water due to the absence of precipitation less than 250 liters per year high evapotranspiration and thermal difference between day and night characteristics of the desert. Camels have many adaptations that allow them to live successfully in desert conditions. Arabian or dromedary camels have one hump.
Rarely sweat even in hot temperatures so when they do take in fluids they can conserve them for long periods of time. The following adaptations show that the camel is specially suited to live in the desert. Even though that would be an impressive adaptation the hump is actually used to store fat.
These camels have also adapted to the heat by having fur that lessens the heat coming off of the scorching sand of the desert. They are adapted to survive a long time without water and food. The animals that we can find in the desert are reptiles and insects but we can also find some mammals such as nocturnal.