Animal Adaptations
How Do Animals Survive In The
Wild?
1. Find food to grow
2. Defend against
predators
3. Find mates for
reproduction
Adaptation
A heredity alteration in an organism that
allows an organism to survive long
enough to reproduce.
– Internal – inside the body
– External – outside the body
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Structural adaptation - body
parts—
Behavioral adaptation
Physiological adaptation
Coloration/Camouflage
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Learned behavior
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Structural Adaptation
Structural Adaptation
A body part that aids in survival
Examples:
 Fins
External
 Gills
Internal
 Teeth
Internal
 Streamline body – External
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45yabrnryXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF-UMgdkph4
How do different feet
types aid in survival?
Structural Adaptation
A body part that aids in survival
Examples:
Heron’s feet are for wading in
mud
Eagle’s feet for grabbing and
holding prey
Duck’s feet are for swimming
Sparrow’s feet are for perching
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Examples of Internal
Adaptations
Adaptations
Gills
in Fish
Xylem in Plants
Hollow bones in Birds
Gills in Fish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEIRlw5rCUk&list=PLi5NxM_TOlgT58XKDPeF
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Xylem In Plants
Hollow Bones in
Birds
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Body parts—structural
adaptation
Behavioral adaptation
Physiological adaptation
Coloration/Camouflage
Learned behavior
Behavioral Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
An action that aids in survival
Clown fish seek shelter
from predators in sea
anemones. Sea anemones
are poisonous to other
marine creatures.
http://animals.littlethings.com/octopus-jarexperiment/?utm_source=spcl&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=octopus-jarexperiment
Behavioral Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
An action that aids in survival
Lions stay together in a
pride. As a group they can
help each other hunt, care
for young, and watch for
danger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS1tEnfkk6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAF5N-HwgOc&list=PLPk5dek-yArc9EDCXBhEcX1qLdGBTsoZv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx4dONoJzzA&list=PLPk5dekyArc9EDCXBhEcX1qLdGBTsoZv&index=3
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Body parts—structural
adaptation
Behavioral adaptation
Physiological adaptation
Coloration/Camouflage
Learned behavior
Physiological Adaptation
Physiological Adaptation
A body part controlling life processes
that aid in survival.
A bear’s body slows down in the
winter. This helps them survive the
long winter temperature and scarce
food during winter months. Many
know this as hibernation. Most bears
do not sleep through the entire winter.
They do get up and change dens, so
this is not true hibernation, but a winter
sleep.
Physiological Adaptation
Physiological Adaptation
Jobs of the body parts controlling
life process that aid in survival.
Dolphins are mammals and need to
breath air. They spend their entire
lives in the water and their body’s have
adapted so that they can hold their
breath for several minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-LTWFnGmeg
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Body parts—structural
adaptation
Behavioral adaptation
Physiological adaptation
Coloration/Camouflage
Learned behavior
Camouflage Protective
Coloration
Camouflage in which colors
and patterns of organisms
match the surroundings. This
helps animals hide from
predators.
Camouflage Protective
Resemblance
Camouflage in which shapes and colors
of organisms match other objects in the
surroundings.
The milk snake (top) resembles the
poisonous coral snake(bottom).
The vice roy butterfly (top) resembles
the sour-tasting monarch (bottom).
Camouflage
Protective Resemblance
Camouflage
Protective
Resemblance
Protective Coloration
Many animals only line of
defense is their colors. The
warning colors of red, yellow,
orange, and bright blue warn
others that these animals
might be dangerous and
should be avoided! These dart
frogs are poisonous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpAEdJgci_0&list=PLPk5dek-yArc9EDCXBhEcX1qLdGBTsoZv&index=6
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Body parts—structural
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Behavioral adaptation
Physiological adaptation
Coloration/Camouflage
Learned behavior
I have learned to
adapt to my new
home.
Learned Behavior
Humans have destroyed many
animal habitats. Many animals
have learned to adapt to their new
surroundings. They have found
shelter, food, and learned how to
stay away from moving vehicles
(well most of the time).
I have learned to
live in your
backyard.