Animal Adaptations
• 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
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).
Wolves communicate
through howling…it
strengthens unity
within the pack.
Physical features
that allow
organisms to
survive
Like a
shark’s
teeth!!!
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.
Ultimate Wildlife:
Animal Adaptations
Bees
communicate
with each other
to locate
nearby pollen
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
The Ophrys Orchid is designed to look like a
female bee…to attract the male bees to it!
The giraffe’s
long neck
The venom of a snake…
A hummingbirds beak…
A penguin’s fat reserves…
The Flying Gecko
The ability of the chameleon to
change colors!!
The proteins found
in spider webs
Some insects are
designed to perfectly
blend in to their
environment
Birds migrating
south for the
winter
Monarch
Viceroy
A Monarch tastes BAD
The Viceroy mimics its appearance so animals won’t eat him…
A porcupine’s
quills!!
Ouch!!
Having the ink inside the
octopus is…
Some octopi
release ink as a
response to a
threat
A camel’s
hump…