7.5.4 Body Structure AdaptationsAll
living creatures need to satisfy the six basic needs of life: get
food, get water, protect themselves from the environment, protect
themselves from other organisms, get air (oxygen), and reproduce.
Every
single body structure adaptation and behavior must help the organism
satisfy one of these basic needs of life. For example, a turtle's
shell has evolved over millions of years to help them protect
themselves from their predators and a whale's blowhole helps it obtain
oxygen easily when it surfaces.
Check out these other strange
animals and note their peculiar body structure adaptations. (The one
above is the axolotl from Mexico.) What basic needs are satisfied?
http://webecoist.com/2009/02/03/the-9-strangest-animals-on-earth/
http://listverse.com/nature/top-10-strangest-animals/
http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2009/12/21/15-rare-exotic-amazing-plant-species/
Friday, January 24, 2014
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