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How animals adapt to environment they live in.
Date Submitted: 05/02/2003 04:06:58
All animals face the same problems in adapting to the desert. They must find shelter from daytime heat and nighttime cold, as well as find food and water, which are often scarce. Yet, in spite of these extreme conditions, most animal species are represented in the desert environment, even some we typically associate with temperate or wet surroundings.
Invertebrates
Animals without backbones are called invertebrates. They include simple desert animals such as worms, and more
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protected, but only a few dozen survive. Some birds have been bred in captivity, however, so there is a chance that the species can be increased.
The beautiful spiral horns of the Arabian oryx are prized by hunters looking for trophies. By 1960 the Arabian oryx were reduced to only about a dozen animals. In 1961 they became protected and several hundred were bred in zoos. After 1982 many of the zoo-bred animals were reintroduced into the wild.
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