1. By: Arie’L Banks

2. Some Animals That Live In Deserts & there adaptations

3. Camels A camels hump is an adaptation, which stores fat, which metabolites for energy. This enables the camel to go without food and water for a long period of time. When they do access water, they can drink up to 46 liters of water in one session. Camels have two rows of long eyelashes to help protect them against the desert sand. They can close their nostrils, also for the purpose of keeping out sand. They also have hair lining the inside of their ears to protect their ears from the sand.

4. Reptiles Collared Lizards Range: The Great Basin Desert from Southeast Oregon and Southwest Idaho Habitat: Rocky, hilly terrain and canyons with large rocks used for protection and lookout sites. Great Basin Collared Lizards mate in May or June and the female lays from 3 to 7 eggs in summer

5. Western Tiger Swallowtail Common Name: Western Tiger Swallowtail Scientific Name: Papilio rutulus Order: Lepidoptera Family: Papilionoidea - Swallowtail Butterflies Subfamily: Papilioninae Swallowtails : Named for the tails on their hindwings that resemble the long tail feathers of swallows. Papilio is from the Latin word papilio meaning "butterfly."

7. Alkali Mariposa Lily Color: Lavender to white Common name: Alkali mariposa lily Latin name: Calochortus striatus Family: LILIACEAE Range: w Mojave Desert Habitat: Shadscale scrub, chaparral, wetland- riparian, alkaline meadows, moist creosote- bush scrub. Elevation: 800–1400 m. Flowering time: April – June Height: 4-20 inches tall. Description: Erect stems that carry 1 to 8 upright bell-shaped, flowers. Sepals 10–20 mm; petals 20–30 mm, lavender to white, sometimes rich pink, purple-veined. Leaf: Narrow basal leaf approximately 10- 20 cm long

8. Desert Sunflower Range: Sonoran and Mojave deserts of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and south to Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Habitat: Sandy, barren desert flats and roadsides below 3,000 feet.

9. Fun Facts ! There are more plants and animals living in the Sonoran Desert than most forests. There is on average a mountain rescue in the valley every 3 days. If you’re thirsty, you are already dehydrated. There are about 500 edible plants in the Sonoran Desert. There have been people living in the Sonoran Desert for the past 12,000 years. A jackrabbit can outrun most animals in the desert. The creosote bush gives us the smell of the desert. The average person that is bitten by a rattlesnake will need 20 viles of antivenin.

10. Top 10 Deserts of the world! Shara Australian Arabian Turkestan Gobi North America Patagonia Thar Kalahari Takla Makan

11. Geography of Deserts.