Animal Adaptations

How Do Animals Survive In The

Wild?
1. Find food to grow
2. Defend against
predators
3. Find mates for
reproduction
 Body parts—structural
adaptation
 Behavioral adaptation
 Physiological adaptation
 Learned behavior
 Coloration/Camouflage
Structural Adaptation
 Structural Adaptation
A body part that aids in survival

Examples:
 Fins

 Gills

 Teeth

 Streamline body

 No eye lids
How do different feet
types aid in survival?
 Structural Adaptation
A body part that aids in survival

Examples:
Heron’s feet are for wading in
mud
Eagle’s feet for grabbing and
holding prey
Duck’s feet are for swimming
Sparrow’s feet are for perching
 Body parts—structural
adaptation
 Behavioral adaptation
 Physiological adaptation
 Learned behavior
 Coloration/Camouflage
Behavioral Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
An action that aids in survival

Clown fish seek shelter

from predators in sea
anemones. Sea anemones
are poisonous to other
marine creatures.
Behavioral Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
An action that aids in survival

Lions stay together in a

pride. As a group they can
help each other hunt, care
for young, and watch for
danger.
 Body parts—structural
adaptation
 Behavioral adaptation
 Physiological adaptation
 Learned behavior
 Coloration/Camouflage
Physiological Adaptation
Physiological Adaptation
Jobs of the body parts controlling life process that
aid in survival.

A bear’s body slows down in the winter. This

helps them survive the long winter
temperature and scarce food during winter
months. Many know this as hibernation.
Most bears do not sleep through the entire
winter. They do get up and change dens, so
this is not true hibernation, but a winter sleep.
Physiological Adaptation
Physiological Adaptation
Jobs of the body parts controlling
life process that aid in survival.

Dolphins are mammals and need to

breath air. They spend their entire
lives in the water and their body’s have
adapted so that they can hold their
breath for several minutes.
 Body parts—structural
adaptation
 Behavioral adaptation
 Physiological adaptation
 Learned behavior
 Coloration/Camouflage
I have learned to
adapt to my new
home.
I have learned to
live in your
backyard.
 Learned Behavior

Humans have destroyed many animal

habitats. Many animals have learned
to adapt to their new surroundings.
They have found shelter, food, and
learned how to stay away from
moving vehicles (well most of the
time).
 Body parts—structural
adaptation
 Behavioral adaptation
 Physiological adaptation
 Learned behavior
 Coloration/Camouflage
 Camouflage Protective
Coloration

Camouflage in which colors

and patterns of organisms
match the surrounds. This
helps animals hide from
predators.
 Camouflage
Protective Resemblance
Camouflage
Protective
Resemblance
 Camouflage Protective
Resemblance
Camouflage in which shapes and colors of
organisms match other objects in the surroundings.

The milk snake (top) resembles the

poisonous coral snake(bottom).

The vice roy butterfly (top) resembles the

sour-tasting monarch (bottom).
 Protective Coloration
Many animals only line of defense is their
colors. The warning colors of red, yellow,
orange, and bright blue warn others that
these animals might be dangerous and
should be avoided! These dart frogs are
poisonous.