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The Sonoran Desert has stretched from Mexico to Arizona and California. These places have some of the most human population within the United States and Mexico and many many people live in the Sonoran Desert fulfilling their best life possible.

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The Sonoran Desert achieved its name from the state of Sonora, Mexico and how it was very hot and reached from Mexico to Arizona and California.

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Sadly, these beautiful plants can only survive from rain water which is very rare to happen. But if they get a fresher source of water, they can have a better bloom.

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These trees can survive by hoarding tons of water that help them survive for long periods of time without needing fresh water.

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The Desert Marigold can survive insane drought by shedding their leaves and slowing down their metabolism.

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These super interesting plants can survive by moving the photosynthesis into their stems and adapting amazingly.

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Their leaves have adapted to conserve water and survive high temperatures from the deserts heat.

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These incredible cacti's skin is covered in thick layers of wax to protect themselves from burning in the sun.

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This willow has a very high tolerance to drought, heat, wind, and cold all in one to survive harsh climate conditions.

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These amazing plants reduce their leaves to prickly spines, and use their roots similar to Acacia tree to find water located underground.

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The Brittlebush can survive both hot and cold climates with their amazing hair, their hair acts as a natural blanket to protect their leaves.

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The Agave plant has super succulent tissue, allowing them to thrive in their desert habitat.

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Although there are many plants from the Sahara Desert, some of them are also in the Sonoran and share the same features.

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These spiders live in a deep burrow which is linked to silk webbing to prevent the burrow from caving in to itself.

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These birds meet their water needs from eating insects who have water in their body already and receive it from their food.

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These owls lower their metabolism rate and enter a state of torpor to survive in the desert without an active source of water.

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The Sonoran Elf Owl is a special species that rely on many other animals and plants for their survival. They use cacti and trees to nest at from the Gila Woodpeckers so they can live in the plant.

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These highly endured animals can eat very poorly and just about anything from their insanely strong stomachs. They mostly eat plants such as Agrave.

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Sonoran Western Diamond Back Rattlesnake

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Sonoran Western Diamond Back Rattlesnake

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There fascinating snakes can flatten their bodies sometimes forming as a tight coil. They take in water from their scales.

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Unlike any other animal, these birds use their beaks to break open cacti and live inside of them to view the top of the desert. This is how they catch their prey.

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Fortunately, the deserts underground climate is nice and cold, so the Gila Monsters survive merely from living underground almost their entire life.

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This amazing animal that is similar to a tiger survives from catching its food with its ultra sharp claws and teeth to catch its prey.

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This rat like species survives the desert by only getting water from metabolized seeds that were eaten.

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The Sonoran Desert is a hard climate to survive in, but many animals live there and even more than the Sahara Desert.

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The Sonoran Climate has a subtropical climate and revives 3-15 inches of rain per year. Most of it falls during the monsoon season from July through September. In the Sonoran Desert, frosts are very rare but happen occasionally throughout December and January.

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The Sahara Desert is the hottest desert in the world. For a human to survive in those harsh conditions, it is nearly impossible considering there is no cold open source of water that is easily accessible. Humans would be able to find a way to evolve to endure the climate but it will take an extremely long time.

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Olanders are not only beautiful, but very drought resistant. These plants can survive a long long time without water and can thrive to be the prettiest.

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The needle like leaves of the Tamarisk help it survive from extreme drought and if you try to get rid of it, you will have to be there for a very long time.

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Amazingly, Lovegrass can grow back infinently as long as their roots are connected to a source of constant water.

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The Brittlebush can survive both hot and cold climates with their amazing hair, their hair acts as a natural blanket to protect their leaves.

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The Agave plant has super succulent tissue, allowing them to thrive in their desert habitat.

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Exactly like the Date Palm, the Doum Palm has a think layer of wax protecting their leaves from drying up from the sun.

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The amazing Olive trees have small leaves with a protective coating around them for the soul purpose of slowing down transpiration.

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These amazing plants reduce their leaves to prickly spines, and use their roots similar to Acacia tree to find water located underground.

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Acacia trees are very interesting, extending their long roots underground until they find a source of water helps them survive!

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The Date Palm's survive with a thin layer of wax so that their leaves don't dry up from the sun.

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Considering that animals can thrive amazingly in the Sahara Desert, plants have an even better chance than them!

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They do a lot of hunting and naturally survive the Deserts hot climates. They can also swim extremely well and can catch a lot of water animals.

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The Cerastes Vipera is an animal from the snake family who is also very venomous. They survive from the heat by burring themselves under the sand and keep cool from that.

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This amazing fox similar to the Fennec Fox has fur on their paws that helps them distribute heat off of their paws and move around in the sand easier.

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Not only do these ants survive in the Sahara Desert, but they are also the fastest animals in the entire world. They got their name from their amazing adaptive ability to reflect any light with their shiny silver-like skin.

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Surprisingly, even Ostriches live in the desert and even the Sahara desert. This animal has an amazing ability that allows them to survive from the water found in their food source, and they will eat just about anything that catches their interest.

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This lizard known as the Desert Monitor has extremely resilient skin to the desert. They are also excellent and amazing swimmers and will go under water to get food at times.

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If animals can survive in the Sahara Desert, so can bugs and insects. The Deathstalker is a species of the scorpion family and survives the Desert by slowing down their own metabolism

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The Dromedaries are very interesting animals, they can survive in extremely hot weather or even freezing temperatures. Most of the Dromedaries fat is stored in their humps, which allows for thermoregulation which means they can keep the same body temperature in any climate they are in.

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The fennec fox has fur-covered feet, heat-radiating ears, and pale fur that helps them camouflage from predators. Their pale fur also helps them when they are catching their prey to hide from detection.

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The Addax which survives by having splayed hoofs to help it travel through sand and collect all the water it needs from grass. This is very useful especially since the Sahara Desert does not have a consistent source of water.

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Even though the Sahara Desert is an extremely difficult biome to survive in, species still manage to thrive and live their best life here.

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The Sahara Desert originally got the name from an Arabic word "ṣaḥrāʾ" simply meaning "Desert". The word "ṣaḥrā" shares its roots with the Arabic word "aṣḥar" meaning desert-like and specifically connotes the yellowish red color that characterizes the desert.

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The Sahara Desert has 2 major climates differentiating along a north-south axis. On the northern side, it's arid, subtropical, and has 2 rainy seasons. On the southern side, is more tropical and has only 1 rainy season.