ADAPTATION ON BASIS OF PROTECTION IN ANIMALS

ADAPTATION ON BASIS OF PROTECTION IN ANIMALS

CAMOUFLAGE: MERGING WITH THE SURROUNDING

• A stick insect looks almost like a twig.
• Chameleons can change the color of their skin to match their surroundings.
• A white fur of a polar bear matches with the surrounding snow, making it difficult to spot the bear.
• The stripes on a zebra or tiger make them hard to see in the forest.

 STICK INSECT

SPINES AND SHELLS

• Porcupines and hedgehog senses danger, it rolls up into a ball. It then becomes very difficult for the enemy to attack it.
• Tortoises and snails have hard shells covering their bodies.

                        PORCUPINE                                                              HEDGEHOG          

HORNS TO FIGHT

• Some animals like rhinoceros and buffaloes stand and fight. They use their horns for fighting.

THICK SKIN

• Animals like Elephant, Hippopotamus, Camel have their thick skin which protect them from hot climate. Their large body too scares the animals from attacking.

OTHER ADAPTATIONS FOR PROTECTION

• Some animals like possums and snakes pretend to be dead when they are in danger.
• The globefish can blow itself up to twice its normal size so that it looks bigger and scares away its enemy. If an enemy chases a flying fish it jumps out of the water and flies by spreading its large fins.
• Moth and butterfly have round eye-like markings on their wings. These spots fool their predators in believing that they are large animals.

                      OPOSSUM                                                               GLOBEFISH