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Kangaroo Rat Adaptations
•barely have to drink H2O because they get it from their seed diet
•have excellent hearing
•back legs enable them to jump up to 2.75 meters to escape predators

Saguaro Cactus
•barely needs H2O because they have a storage pouch that collects H2O when it rains
•has 6 centimeter long spikes to warn off

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Certain adaptations help desert organisms to survive in their habitat.

Adaptions refers to physiological or morphological changes that occur in an organism which allows the organism to survive in its environment. Some adaptions of the kangaroo rat that allows it to survive in the desert are;

  • Consumption of large quantity of water at once
  • Good water conservation mechanism
  • Long legs in order to escape from predators

For the saguaro cactus, the adaptations that enable it to survive in the desert are;

  • Leaves reduced to spine
  • Low rate of transpiration
  • Reduction is surface area.

Hence certain adaptations help desert organisms to survive in their habitat.

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