Life in Deserts: Harsh Yet Vibrant Ecosystems
Deserts, the driest and hottest places on Earth, host a surprising variety of animals that have adapted to scarce water sources and scorching heat. From gerbils seeking shade in underground burrows to beetles collecting water droplets, these creatures demonstrate remarkable survival strategies. Despite the challenges, deserts bloom with colorful flowers in spring, while diverse snakes like rattlesnakes and pythons inhabit these arid landscapes. Discover the resilience and diversity of desert life.
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DESERT ANIMALS Deserts are the driest and the hottest places on earth and some times go for months, or even years without rain. But even the desert animals can not survive without water. For long periods they get no rain and bear the hot sun. Still so many kinds of creatures like gerbils,beetlesetc live there. It is a wonder how they manage to get water and food there. The gerbils (a kind of desert rat) spend the hot day in cool underground holes. Dark beetles catch drops of water on their legs.
sprinkled with colourful flowers during the spring. - There are more than 2300 kinds of snakes around the world. Some are long or poisonous, others are small and harmless. In the deserts of America live rattlesnakes. -They live on mice, and squirrels. The large pythons can do without eating for a year.
