What is an adaptation besides its tongue that helps a giraffe obtain food?

A giraffe’s long neck is an adaptation that helps the giraffe reach foods that other animals can’t eat, such as leaves that are very high up in trees.

What adaptations does the armadillo have to defend itself?

The armadillo has tough plates on its back to defend it from predators. The armadillo in the video also has the ability to roll into a ball to further protect its soft underside.

What types of adaptations do sloths have to help them survive?

Sloths have long arms and claws to help them hang from trees. They also have camouflage, which means they are similar in color to the trees around them, which makes it difficult for predators to see them.

What adaptation do echidnas have that helps them find their food?

Echidnas have elongated noses that can sense where food is based on electrical movement of their prey. This is similar to how a shark can sense fish hiding around them.

How are echidnas feet adapted for the environment they live in?

Echidnas like to dig underground to stay cool in the hot Australian environments where they live. Their large powerful feet are adaptations for digging burrows underground to escape the heat.

Echidnas also have spines on their bodies. How might this adaptation help them survive?

Spines are an adaptation that help protect echidnas from predators. If a predator where to try to eat them, the predator would get spined!

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Why is a giraffe’s long tongue an adaptation?	Giraffe’s long tongues help them obtain food in the wild, which are leaves from very tall and thorny plants. Their long tongues help them bend back the thorns to pull the leaves off without getting pricked by the thorns.
What evidence supports the argument that giraffe’s tongues are protected from sunburn?	The tip of giraffe’s long tongue is exposed to the sun for many hours a day as they feed. Having a dark colored tongue is thought to be an adaptation to keep the tip of the giraffe’s tongue from getting sunburned.
What is an adaptation besides its tongue that helps a giraffe obtain food?	A giraffe’s long neck is an adaptation that helps the giraffe reach foods that other animals can’t eat, such as leaves that are very high up in trees.
What adaptations does the armadillo have to defend itself?	The armadillo has tough plates on its back to defend it from predators. The armadillo in the video also has the ability to roll into a ball to further protect its soft underside.
What types of adaptations do sloths have to help them survive?	Sloths have long arms and claws to help them hang from trees. They also have camouflage, which means they are similar in color to the trees around them, which makes it difficult for predators to see them.
What adaptation do echidnas have that helps them find their food?	Echidnas have elongated noses that can sense where food is based on electrical movement of their prey. This is similar to how a shark can sense fish hiding around them.
How are echidnas feet adapted for the environment they live in?	Echidnas like to dig underground to stay cool in the hot Australian environments where they live. Their large powerful feet are adaptations for digging burrows underground to escape the heat.
Echidnas also have spines on their bodies. How might this adaptation help them survive?	Spines are an adaptation that help protect echidnas from predators. If a predator where to try to eat them, the predator would get spined!

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