6 Respect - Adaptations by Chia Chin Ooi Calvin

Shovel-snouted Lizard (Example)

chia_chin_ooi_calvin — 2018-03-11 14:29:35 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Behavioural
Purpose of adaptation:
To cope with high temperatures
Description & Explanation:
This lizard "dances" - it balances on its tail & lifts two of their feet every 10 seconds.
This reduces heat gain and prevents the lizard from overheating in the hot desert habitat, as it reduces the amount of body surface area that it is in contact with the hot sand.
Done by: Sam Tan (28)

[Template] Name of organism

chia_chin_ooi_calvin — 2019-04-27 15:59:42 UTC

Type of Adaptation:
Behavioural/Structural
Purpose of adaptation:
(Some examples)
E.g.
- To cope with high temperatures
- To escape predators
- To hunt more effectively
- To help organism to reproduce
Description & Explanation:
This is a short write-up of not more than 50 words. Describe the one adaptation you have chosen, and explain clearly how it helps to achieve the purpose you stated above.

Sunda Pangolin

2019-05-28 03:37:43 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Structural
Purpose of adaptation:

To protect themselves from predators
To protect themselves from water loss
To help them blend in with the various environments in which they live

Description & Explanation
These scales are moveable and are actually made up of hairs that have been fused together, making them strong and durable. Because the scales are so dense, they are also very heavy, making up 20% of the animals' body weight. As well as being extremely tough, the scales are very sharp and pangolins are able to swing their long tails around, using them as a jagged club. These hard pieces of keratin even protect against desiccation, or water loss, and their brown color helps pangolins blend in with the various environments in which they live.

Osprey

2019-05-28 03:37:48 UTC

Type of adaptation: Structural Purpose of adaptation: To hunt better

The osprey is perfectly adapted for catching fish, as it has powerful legs and pale gray feet with sharp talons that help it catch fish. The sharp talons help the osprey to grip fish better, while the powerful legs help to carry prey out of the water.

Dugong (Kirsten's part 1)

2019-05-28 03:37:58 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Structural
Purpose of adaptation:
To find food more easily.

Dugong part 2

2019-05-28 03:38:35 UTC

Type of adaptation:
-Behavioural

Purpose of adaptations:

Dugongs have behaviourally adapted by feeling around for food and navigation through their snouts.

These snouts are very sensitive and are covered in bristles, enabling the dugong to detect organisms such as sea grass beds, as dugongs have very bad eyesight.

Cherie

Giant Spider Crab

2019-05-28 03:38:40 UTC

Structural
- Help protect them from larger predators such as octopuses .
- The crab's bumpy carapace blends into the rocky ocean floor
- A spider crab will adorn its shell with sponges and other animals.
------Why they blend in into the bumpy carapace of the ocean floors is because they want to protect themselves from bigger animals and predators.

Coconut Crab

2019-05-28 03:38:50 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Structural
Purpose of adaptation:
- To help it breathe

The coconut crab has a special organ called the branchiostegal lung to help it breathe

Saltwater Crocodile

2019-05-28 03:38:59 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Structural
Purpose of adaptation:
To hunt prey
Description:
The saltwater crocodile is the largest reptile in the world. The crocodile has very large jaws and a lot of muscle mass in their jaws, giving them a powerful bite force of 16,460 newtons.

Civet

2019-05-28 03:39:57 UTC

Type of adaptation:
behavioral adaptation
Purpose of adaptation:
To cope when they feels threatened

when the civet feels threatened, they can raised their long black hair on the back of their bodies so as to appear larger.
done by: Tiaw Qin Qing and Tiaw Zhi Qing

Venus Flytrap (By Cayden and Gerard)

2019-05-28 03:40:06 UTC

Type of adaptations:
Behavioral/Structural:

Trigger Hairs & Cilia

Several of its adaptations are to help it catch and eat insects. For example, Venus flytraps have long, stiff trigger hairs inside their traps. These hairs tell the plant when there is a live insect. The trap won't shut unless multiple hairs are bent, indicating that something is moving around inside the trap. This prevents the plant from wasting energy by trapping things it can't eat, like stray leaves that might have blown in.

Dugong (Elena)

2019-05-28 03:40:50 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Structural adaptation
As dugongs have very bad eyesight, their snouts are very sensitive and are covered in bristles, enabling the dugong to detect organisms such as sea grass beds.

Nudibranch

2019-05-28 03:41:11 UTC

Type of adaptation: Behavioural

Purpose of adaptations:
- To escape predators (to protect themselves)

Description:
Nudibranchs retain the foul-tasting poisons of their prey and secrete them as a defense against predators when threatened

Luck Syang and Ice

Archer Fish( copyrighted to Prakhar and Hemanya)

2019-05-28 03:41:30 UTC

Type of adaptation - behavioral

Small Clawed Otter(Leyang)

2019-05-28 03:42:04 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Structural
Purpose of adaptation:
Small claws on their fingers

Giant Spider Crab

2019-05-28 03:42:26 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Behavioral
Purpose of adaptation:
To be slightly less conspicuous
Description and explanation:
They pull sponges and other non-mobile animals off their natural substrate and stick them to their own bodies to blend into shallow environments as they don't have natural camouflage.

By: Alyssa(04) & Angel(05)

Leatherback Turtle

2019-05-28 03:43:02 UTC

Type of adaptation: Structural
Adaptation:
Sleek carapace (a shell) and backward pointing spines throughout their mouth and throat
Purpose:

To help it to swim effortlessly and it is leathery and has ridges which taper into a blunt point. This makes it very hydrodynamic.

The Leatherback turtle feeds on mainly jellyfish and other glutinous planktons. Thus, the backward pointing spines help it to grip and swallow the prey better.

Leopard Cat

2019-05-28 03:43:17 UTC

(Done by Alicia and Yue Tong)
Type of adaptation

Structural
Purpose of adaptation: Webbed feet are used to swim at a faster rate and help the cat to negotiate slippery river banks.

Behavioral
Nocturnal
Purpose of Adaptation: To catch prey easily

Description:
A leopard cat is about the size of a domestic cat, but more slender, with longer legs and well-defined webs between its toes. There are two dark stripes running from the eyes to the ears and smaller white streaks running from the eyes to the nose. The backs of its moderately long and rounded ears are black with central white spots. Body and limbs are marked with black spots of varying size and color, and along its back are two to four rows of elongated spots. The tail is about half the size of its head-body length and is spotted with a few indistinct rings near the black tip. The background color of the spotted fur is tawny, with a white chest and belly.

ONCH SLUG

2019-05-28 03:44:17 UTC

Structural adaptation:
producing slimy mucus

Purpose:
move across dry land by reducing friction

Lirui

Dugong

2019-05-28 03:44:55 UTC

Type of Adaptation :
Structural
Description:
The Dugong has a streamlined body, wedge-shaped tail and strong flippers.
Purpose:
To reduce water resistance.
(WenYu & Elena)

Javanese Leaf Insect

2019-05-28 03:46:29 UTC

Their camouflage is outstanding and they mimic leaves so perfectly that other leaf insects may take a bite out of them. They even "sway" in the wind like a leaf. Usually,Java leaf males can fly, the females can't. Phasmids have a life span of 1 -2 years, and the Java leaf male averages less than that.

The Paradise Tree Snake

2019-05-28 03:49:31 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Structural
Purpose of adaptation:
To escape predators and move from tree to tree

Javanese Stick Insect

2019-05-28 03:54:51 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Structural

Description:

Its body has textures and a shape of a leaf, making it look like a leaf.

Dog faced water snake

2019-05-28 12:17:59 UTC

Type of adaptation:structural adaptation
Purpose of adaptation:
-To hunt for prey
-To climb trees
Description and explanation:
It uses its tail as bait to attract fishes and it can jump across a mudflat and uses its tail to climb on the tree.
Done by: Jia Yuan (10) & Peng Zuer (22)

saltwater crocodile

2019-05-28 12:20:40 UTC

type of adaptation:
-behavioral

purpose of adaptation:
to eat when submerged or breathe when its jaws are open underwater.

description of adaptation:

When completely under the water, the ears are covered by small flaps of skin which can be closed to make the ears watertight. The nostrils can also be closed by special muscles, and the eyes have a 'third eyelid' which gives protection when diving.

Saltwater crocodile

2019-05-28 13:02:01 UTC

Type of adaptation:
Structural

Purpose:
To hunt and spot prey

Description:
The saltwater crocodile has extremely large and powerful jaws, containing lots of muscles. These jaws give the crocodile an amazing bite force of 16,460 Newtons.
The crocodile also has eyes and a nose on the top of its head, allowing it to see prey from the surface while breathing.

Done by:
Benjamin (21) and Yu Lok (30)

ONCG

zou_li_rui — 2019-06-05 04:55:19 UTC

ONCH SLUG

zou_li_rui — 2019-06-05 04:55:20 UTC

Type of adaptation: Behavioral

Purpose: To ward off predators

Description & Explanation: When attacked, slugs can contract their body, making themselves harder and more compact and more still and round.
By doing this, they become firmly attached to the substrate. This, combined with the slippery mucus they produce, makes slugs more difficult for predators to grasp. The unpleasant taste of the mucus is also a deterrent.

Some species present different response behaviors when attacked. In contrast to the general behavioral pattern, the slug retracts its head, lets go of the substrate, rolls up completely, and stays contracted in a ball-like shape.

Type of adaptation: Structural

Purpose: Move across dry land by reducing friction

Description & Explanation: The slug produces mucus, the same substance found in out nose and lining our intestines. They do so to move across dry surfaces quickly and avoid injuring themselves due to friction.

-Zou LiRui and Chen Yihao

copyright lirui and yihao @ June 1st 2019, permission required for (re)un-production

Small Clawed Otter

2019-06-14 05:57:17 UTC

Type of adaptation:
- structural adaptation

Description:
The small clawed otter have lesser webbing on their feet than other otters.

Purpose:
This makes their paws more flexible so that they can grab things more easily. They also use their front paws to feel around in the mud underwater and pick up food which many otters do not do.

By: Joscelin and Leyang

Leopard Cat

2019-06-20 06:04:02 UTC

Type of adaptation:
-Behavioural adaptation
Purpose:
To hide their dead prey
Description:
They have adapted to being able to climb trees. This allows them to carry large antelopes and other food high into the trees, keeping the food away from other animals while the leopard cats roam around their habitats.Leopard Cats can climb trees to capture and store food.
By: Tejoh and Geetika

The paradise tree snake

2019-06-30 13:20:41 UTC

By: Ilyana and Shin Thant

Type of adaptation:

Behavioral
Purpose:

To move from tree to tree and escape predators

Description:
The snake climbs to a suitable height then climbs out on its horizontal limbs.It then slips the upper half of its body off the branch, dangling.
Afterwards it leaps into the air, using the powerful muscles in the lower half of its body.
During liftoff, the snake snake stretches out its ribs, instantly flattening the body.This action also causes the belly region of the snake to take on a shape that acts as a parachute.
The snakes plan is to enlarge its surface area and increase air resistance, making it land slower.

2019-06-30 13:25:35 UTC

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