Basic Information on terrestrial Animal

BASIC INFORMATION ON TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL


Q What is adaptation?
Ans. Adaptation are body features and habits that enable a living things to live comfortably in its natural surrounding.

Q What is habitat?
Ans. The natural home of an animal is called its habitat.


Terrestrial animal
Animal that live on land are called terrestrial animal. The bodies of terrestrial animals and their habits are suited for the life on land.

MOUNTAIN / COLD REGION

 SNOW TIGER (India)

Material used to make craft:- Cotton, Black foam sheets, crushed wool

Adaptation:- Their coat (fur) protect them from cold and hot weather.

Facts:- 1) The night vision of tiger is six times better than that of humans.

2) Stripes act as camouflage and help tigers hide from their prey.

PENGUIN (Australia)

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Adaptation:- 1) Short sharp beak for catching fish.

2) Short stiff tail helps in  balance on land.
3) Streamlined body which keep the wind off .
4) Fat layer to prevent heat loss on land and in the sea.

RED DEER (UK)

Material used to make craft:- Cardboard, red glaze paper (tear and paste)

Adaptation:- 1) It is a large mammal that has a reddish brown fur in summer and dark brown fur in winter.

2) They like to eat grass and leaves. Red deer like to find safe and secure places to chew their cud in piece and quiet.

PLAIN REGION( GRASSLAND)

PANGOLIN 

Material used to make craft:- Pine apple peals and fevicol.

Adaptation:- 1) Protective overlapping scales cover most of their bodies.these scales are mode from karotin.

2) Asian pangolin also have thick bristles that emerge from between their scales.

3) Pangolin limbs are shout and well adapted for digging.

KANGAROO

Material used to make craft:- Paper plate, Brown water paint, Piece of cloth, drawing sheet.

Adaptation:- 1) They store elastic strain energy in the tendons of there large hind legs, providing most of the energy required for each hop by the spring action of the tendons.

2) Kangaroos eat a wide variety of grasses. Because of its grazing capacity kangaroo have developed specialized teeth.

WEASEL

Material used to make craft:- Cardboard, crushed wool and fevicol.

Adaptation:- 1) The weasel has a long neck relatively long pointed face with long whiskers on either sides.

2) They hunt both in day and night to look for good such as mice, rats, small rabbits and some times fruits.

3) Weasel rest and sleep in burrows of animals they have prey hunted and killed. 

DESERT REGION

CAMEL

Material used to make craft:- Saw dust, fevicol, glitters.

Adaptation:- 1) Two rows of long eye- lashes protect against blowing sand and the sun.

2) Fat stored in hump help it to survive long period without food and water.

3) Nostrils can be closed to keep out blowing sand.

ECHIDNA

Material used to make craft:- Paper sheet, colours, foil paper, velvet sheet and black bindi.

Adaptation:- 1) The echidna is a vertebrae and is covered with spikes(quills).

2) Its spikes on its back for protection and stops animals eating it.

3) Its long backwards facing claws to dig which protect its belly.

UK does not have Desert region