Desert animals in plants
The desert is a place that gets ten inches or less rain in a year, most deserts lose more moisture than what they gained; some deserts are scorching the Sahara. The Desert can reach about 122 degrees Fahrenheit. The Gobi Desert and Antarctica is very cold; these places are deserts because they're extreme arid temperatures combined with little rainfall or lack of water makes desert life difficult for humans animals and plants.
The animals and plants in the desert cope with the arid conditions in their ways. Let's learn about desert animals birds and plants animals living in deserts have many special qualities and adaptations
camel
Camels are called ships of the desert because they help in transportation their large feet helps to run fast. their hair reflects the sun rays and keeps them cool the bushy eyelashes protect from the sand. it can eat and drink in large amounts and store it as splat in the hump. when no food is available, the fat converts energy and water so this herbivore creature can live without water and food for many days.
Meerkat these cute omnivorous animals live in Kalahari Desert Namib Desert, and in South Africa, they dig extensive burrows to stay safe, their brown and tan fur helps them to blend into the desert tortoise it lives underground in holes this herbivore eats what's available in the Desert an adult can live a year with less or no water it's found in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
Fennec fox it's the smallest of all the world's foxes their furs keep them cool this nocturnal animal sleeps in underground dens to avoid hot Sun these omnivores need minimal water examples: of other desert animals coyote rattlesnakes, deer zebra etc.,
woodpeckers, Roadrunners, ostriches, owls, hawks and eagles are some desert birds that obtain moisture from fruit and nectar and insects or other prey. There are various types of plants that grow in deserts around the world.
Cactus, the spines on a cactus help to protect it its roots are spread out to collect water. the thick green stems produce the plants food but lose less water than leaves. Elephant tree they grow in dry, rocky slopes of desert mountains they can store water in thick trunk lower limbs and would desert sage.
They have a waxy cuticle layer in their leaves that helps keep water in the plant and reduce transpiration Joshua tree these trees have profound and expansive root systems reaching up to 36 feet to get what water there are. some other trees found in the deserts are vitex sissoo brittle Bush and soft Rilke.
