1. Animal Adaptations

2. Behavioral: responses to the environment
Example: birds migrating
Structural: are traits that involve the physical structure (anatomy) of an organism
Examples: beaks of a bird, wing of bat, teeth of bear
Physiological: traits that involve the internal functions or chemistry of an organism
Examples: enzymes to digest food, protein in spider’s web

3. Mimicry: non-poisonous looks like poisonous to fake predators.
Which snake is the mimic?
One is a coral snake (deadly) and one is a Scarlet Kingsnake (harmless).

4. Wolves communicate through howling…it strengthens unity within the pack.

5. Physical features that allow organisms to survive
Like a shark’s teeth!!!
Physical features that allow organisms to survive

6. The frog's poison is secreted through the skin, and even a lick can sometimes prove fatal. Poison arrow frogs have about 200 micrograms of poison in their systems. It would take only 2 micrograms to kill a human.

7. Ultimate Wildlife: Animal Adaptations

9. Bees communicate with each other to locate nearby pollen

10. Opossum−the only marsupial in the US− typically play dead when frightened…
May also be considered physiological because it is a chemical within the body that helps it to lie so still

11. The Ophrys Orchid is designed to look like a female bee…to attract the male bees to it!

12. The giraffe’s long neck

13. The venom of a snake…

14. A hummingbirds beak…

15. A penguin’s fat reserves…

16. The Flying Gecko

17. The ability of the chameleon to change colors!!

18. The proteins found in spider webs

19. Some insects are designed to perfectly blend in to their environment

20. Birds migrating south for the winter

21. The Viceroy mimics its appearance so animals won’t eat him…
Monarch
Viceroy
A Monarch tastes BAD
The Viceroy mimics its appearance so animals won’t eat him…

22. A porcupine’s
quills!!
Ouch!!

23. Having the ink inside the octopus is…
Some octopi release ink as a response to a threat

24. A camel’s hump…