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Giraffe's use their long necks to help reach higher areas to get food growing in high places.
https://www.google.com/search?q=giraffe&safe=strict&rlz=1CACVLN_enUS917&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=ZTcYZFbR7z_FvM%252CRVkVrx8y7b6jeM%252C%252Fm%252F03bk1&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRgNDaLeblc8S1MbQgUPGlcVC8SGg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHmcCH0qXsAhXKhK0KHTZ-DmcQ_B16BAgQEAM#imgrc=ZTcYZFbR7z_FvM

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Kangaroo rats can survive in the desert without ever taking sip of water. Instead the get all the moisture they need from seeds they eat

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Tube worms have heart-like structures and reproductive organs, the bacteria inside of them uses the toxic hydrogen sulfide that is in the water as an energy source.

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The Erebid Moth is nocturnal and drinks the tears from birds eyes.
https://www.toptenz.net/10-bizarre-adaptations-of-wildlife.php

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Giraffe's have very long necks to let them reach their food.

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The Texas Horned Lizard has an adaptation that protects them from being eaten by other animals. Their blood tastes very bad and they can also shoot it at their predators. The blood comes out of their eye and shoots ahead. This keeps them safe from predators because since they taste so bad, no animal will want to eat them.
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/22/six-seriously-strange-animal-adaptations/

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Wood frogs freeze their bodies to survive in the winter. As they freeze they're hearts stop beating and they stop breathing. To do this they have to build up  to 10 times the normal concentration of glucose in their organs and tissues. The sugar prevents their cells from shrinking or dying.

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Most animals that hibernate during cold winter months have thick coats of fur or layers of fat to protect them. However, the Rana sylvatica species of the wood frog that can be found in Alaska and the Arctic Circle has neither. Therefore this tiny amphibian has adapted by freezing and thawing itself depending on the external temperature.

Of course, the clever animals don't freeze solid, just 60%. This is enough to stop their hearts from beating and blood from flowing through their bodies. While Don Larson, a graduate student at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and other scientists have known about the frog's survival technique for some time, they were not completely sure how the tiny amphibians pulled off this trick.

Curious to find out Larsen teamed up with Brian Barnes, the director of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska for a thorough study of these amazing creatures. Unlike previous studies which have largely been conducted in the laboratory, this one involved observing the frog's behavior in the wild. Larsen and Barnes tracked 16 frogs for two years with the help of tiny electronic devices glued to their backs.

What they discovered was eye opening. The tiny frogs don't just freeze and thaw at will. They instead prepare for it in a very systematic fashion. In early autumn, when the temperatures drop to freezing at night but thaw during the day, the frogs follow a similar pattern. This allows them to convert the glycogen stored in their liver into glucose. Since they don't completely thaw during the day, much of the glucose released remains stored in their bodies. By the time winter rolls around, most frogs have gone through 10-15 freeze-thaw cycles allowing them to accumulate large amount of glucose inside their cells.

A similar study conducted by Jon Costanza, a Department of Zoology at Miami University in Ohio, showed that the Alaskan wood frogs also have a higher amount of urea than those that live in the warmer regions. The glucose and the urea act as cryoprotectants - substances that lower the freezing temperature of the animal's tissues and hence prevent their cells from losing water. Larsen believes that it is the concentration of these two substances that enables the frogs to transform into their semi-frozen state.

Normally, when living beings, including humans are exposed to subzero temperatures for long periods of time, the water in their tissues turns to ice. As the tissues try to suck water from the surrounding cells, it causes the cells to get dehydrated and eventually die. Larsen likens the phenomenon to the potato and salt experiment saying that, "If you put a potato in salty water, the whole potato kind of shrivels up because all the water from the potato goes to the higher concentration of salinity, but if you add a bunch of salt to a potato, it would retain its water."

The researcher, therefore, believes that by sweetening their cells with glucose and increasing the amount of urea, the frogs are able to retain or 'freeze' their cell water, helping them survive. When spring arrives and the warmer temperatures thaw the frogs, the leftover glucose transforms to glycogen and the excess urea gets excreted. While these findings were certainly revealing what surprised the researchers even more was that all 16 wood frogs managed to survive the extraordinarily cold temperatures they were exposed to, during the two-year study.

While some of the information in Larsen's study that was published in the Journal of Experimental Biology in 2014, was previously known, it gives new insight into the role played by glucose in frog's survival. It also revealed that the frogs lived longer and survived even more extreme temperatures than had been previously believed. Larsen now plans to investigate if the wood frog's freeze/thaw technique also helps kill the parasites that live in its body allowing the amphibian to live longer.

Jon Costanza, who has been studying the amphibians for 25 years, believes the frog's clever technique could be adapted to freeze human organs available for transplant. The researcher at the Department of Zoology at Miami University in Ohio, says this would be tremendously helpful since it would allow doctors to transport organs where they are urgently needed, which is not possible today.

Resources: nationageographic.com,sciencedaily.com,latimes.com

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Tiny Wood Frogs Survive Winter By Partially Freezing Their Bodies

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Most animals that hibernate during cold winter months have thick coats of fur or layers of fat to protect them. However, the Rana sylvatica species of the wood frog that can be found in Alaska and the Arctic Circle has neither. Therefore this tiny amphibian has adapted by freezing and thawing itself depending on the external temperature.

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Snapping shrimps use a special shaped claw to generate a cavitating high speed water jet. Cavitation formed in this way, may be used for hunting/stunning prey and communication.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-14312-0

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Venus flytraps rely on touch to know when they should close on a victim, and they have even learned to count in order to avoid false positives.
To ensure that they’re capturing a living, wriggling insects, traps only shut after two taps, and will only begin digesting prey after three more distinct touches.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/five-astonishing-plant-adaptations/

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The sundew plant uses Mucilage, a sticky substances that traps bugs. Once an insect is trapped, the sundew plant folds over capturing the bug.
http://www.sciencepartners.info/module-7-plants-pollinators/the-hierarchy-of-plants/unique-adaptations-of-plants/

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Kangaroo rats have adapted to survive in the desert without ever taking a sip of water. Instead, they get all the moisture they need from the seeds that they eat. These critters also have incredible hearing and can jump up to nine feet, which helps them avoid predators.

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When you play recordings of chomping caterpillars to Arabidopsis plants they flood their leaves with chemicals deigned to ward off attackers.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/five-astonishing-plant-adaptations/

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Giant sequoias, have incredibly thick, fire retardant bark and can be directly burned without sustaining damage to their vital tissues.
https://www.calwild.org/gsnmupdate/

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Hippopotamus' sweat blood to protect themselves from becoming sunburned. The blood creates a layer of mucous/mucus which keeps their skin moist and protected.
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/hippo

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The Lodgepole pine tree has cones that are sealed with resin, and can only release its seeds if a fire melts the resin. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94534548

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The Chuckwalla, a desert lizard will puff up its body like a pufferfish under a rock to make it harder to be pulled out.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57204/20-amazing-animal-adaptations-living-desert

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Arctic Fish have proteins in their blood that keep them from becoming fish popsicles. The proteins act like antifreeze and help them stay alive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/09/22/antarctic-fish-have-antifreeze-blood-but-it-might-fill-them-with-ice-crystals-over-time/

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The devil has developed skin that can absorb water. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57204/20-amazing-animal-adaptations

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A parasitic plant known as the dodder vine locates its prey by scent. The dodder will wrap around its victim before eating it. https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/five-astonishing-plant-adaptations/

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Horned lizards release a stream of gross-tasting blood from the lizard's eyes when a predator tries to attack it.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151105-if-it-has-to-a-horned-lizard-can-shoot-blood-from-its-eyes

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Kangaroo rats have adapted to survive in the desert without ever taking a sip of water. Instead, they get all the moisture they need from the seeds that they eat. These critters also have incredible hearing and can jump up to nine feet, which helps them avoid predators.

https://www.wildlifexteam.com/about/blog/7-strange-bizarre-animal-adaptations.html

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Tube worms survive by a bacteria living inside them that use Hydrogen Sulfide as an energy source and turns them into carbohydrates. These worms have  no eyes, stomach or guts. However they do have reproductive organs. They live in the very deep oceans surrounded by toxic gas and water.
https://www.wildlifexteam.com/about/blog/7-strange-bizarre-animal-adaptations.html

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Kangaroo rats can survive in the winter without ever taking a sip of water. They get all the moisture they need from the seeds that they eat. https://www.businessinsider.com/these-7-animals-have-crazy-adaptations-to-help-them-to-survive-in-their-habitats-2016-7#kangaroo-rats-survive-without-ever-drinking-water-2

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Tufted deer have evolved to grow large fangs that protrude from their mouths up to an inch, and are used in both mating fights between males, and in their consumption of carrion, (dead animals.)
https://listverse.com/2013/06/14/10-rare-animals-with-bizarre-adaptations/

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A parasitic plant known as the dodder vine locates its prey by scent. When odours from a tomato plant are wafted towards the vine, these chemical cues prompt the plant to send a tendril snaking towards the source. This vampiric tendril will wrap around its victim before extracting the goodness from within.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/five-astonishing-plant-adaptations/

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Ms. Ostarch- Alaskan Tiny Wood Frogs partially FREEZE their bodies instead of hibernate for the winter. By the time winter rolls around, most frogs have gone through 10-15 freeze-thaw cycles allowing them to accumulate large amount of glucose inside their cells. https://www.dogonews.com/2015

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Ms. Ostarch- Alaskan Tiny Wood Frogs partially FREEZE their bodies instead of hibernate for the winter. By the time winter rolls around, most frogs have gone through 10-15 freeze-thaw cycles allowing them to accumulate large amount of glucose inside their cells. https://www.dogonews.com/2015