What Can Live in a Desert

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by Sheila Anderson


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by Sheila Anderson

aLerner Publications Company Minneapolis


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A desert is a habitat.


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It is where plants and

animals live.3


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Animals have special

adaptations.


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These help them live in

the desert.


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Foxes have large ears that

send out heat to help themkeep cool.


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Gerbils have brown coats

that match the color ofsand.


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Desert geckos have webbed

feet.


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They can walk on top of

sand without sinking.


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Jackrabbits have long legs.


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These help them outrun

hunters.


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Scorpions grab insects with

their pincers.


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They kill their prey with

their tails.


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Roadrunners have long legs.


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They can run from danger

or chase dinner.


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This snakes skin is the same

color as the sand.


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What other adaptations help

animals live in the desert?


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two rows of

eyelashes

wide feet

hump

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Camel Adaptations


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Learn More aboutAdaptations

Camels store fat in humps on theirbacks. They use the fat for energy

when they cant find food. Camels

have two rows of eyelashes on each

eye. They keep sand out of the camelseyes. Camels use flat, wide feet to walk

on sand without sinking in. Neat!


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Fun Facts

Some desert lizards swim

through the sand. This is

because the sand below the

surface is cooler than the sand

on top.

Some desert snakes hop so they

have less contact with hot sand.

Kangaroo rats only come outat night, when the temperature

is cooler.

Rattlesnakes sleep deeply

during the winter, when deserts

can be cold.


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Cactus wrens make nests on

cactuses. Tough, scaly skinon their legs keeps them from

being poked by the cactuss

spines.

Rattlesnakes have rattles on

the ends of their tails. They

shake the rattles to scare offhunters.

The coats of coyotes and

mountain lions are the color ofthe desert.


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Glossary

adaptations things that help

a plant or animal live in a

specific habitat

coats layers of fur

pincers claws that look like

scissors

prey an animal that ishunted and eaten by other

animals

webbed connected by a

fold of skin


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Index

coats 7

color 7, 16

ears 6

legs 10, 14

pincers 12

skin 16

tails 13

webbed feet 8


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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Anderson, Sheila.

What can live in a desert? / by Sheila Anderson.

p. cm. (First step nonfiction. Animal adaptations)

Includes index.

ISBN 9780761345701 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

1. Desert animalsAdaptationJuvenile literature. I. Title.

QL116.A53 2011

591.754dc22 2009024857

Manufactured in the United States of America

1 DP 7/15/10

eISBN: 978-0-7613-6254-8


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