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Daviyan Jennings

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Animal Adaptation
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Daviyan Jennings

Pretend you are a snake looking for a meal in the sun. Your coloration completely blends in with your surroundings. You slither silently across the desert floor and pounce on an unsuspecting rabbit. Your camouflage has helped you successfully catch the rabbit. Animal adaptations help animals hunt and hide so that they can survive in their environments.

First, animals use camouflage for survival. Just like the octopus' fun fact the octopus' use coloration how you may ask the answer is lies within their skin special cells called chromatophores a type of cells that allow coloration in the skin. In addition, coloration is vary helpful for a lot of animals. One of those animals is the diamond back rattle snake. In Source 3, the author stated, “The diamondback's coloration looks very similar to the sandy, rocky ground it lives on.” This is important for the snake because it can sneak up on an unsuspending rabbit and other animals.

Pretend you are an alligator looking for a meal you see a harry animal and snap! You instantly regret it was it a porcupine the long hare like nettles is a physical feature to help protect the porcupine.