Animal Adaptation!
- Animal Adaptation [ˈa-nǝ-mǝl ˌa-ˌdap-ˈtā-shǝn]
- The way an animal changes in order to better survive under new conditions.
An adaptation is a change in the way an animal looks or behaves in response to its environment. Birds have adaptations to help them fly. Butterflies are different colors to help them hide from predators. Bats hunt at sunset and sunrise because that’s when the bugs are out. There are three basic kind of adaptions: body parts, body coverings, and behaviors.
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