Adaptation

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Adaptation

• Any characteristic that helps an organism survive
  is an adaptation.

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Adaptation

• The physical appearance
• The way the body functions
• The organisms behavior

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Adaptations

• An insects mouth parts
• A birds feet
• A fishs fins
• ALL ENHANCE AN ORGANISMS SUCCESSFUL INTERACTION
  WITH LIVING AND NON-LIVING COMPONENTS OF ITS
  ENVIRONMENT.

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In a wetland of marshes, a great many species of
birds are able to feed.

• Sanderlings pluck insects from surface mud

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Plovers pick small crabs and shrimp from muddy
shallows
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The Clapper Rail probes his long bill into mud
for crabs, worms, and other small creatures and
seeds.
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Willets with 5 inch long straight bills are
adapted for eating small burrowing clams and
worms.
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The Spoonbill swings its odd-shaped bill from
side to side in the shallows as it searches for
shellfish, water insects, and small crabs.
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Pointed-bill herons can snatch fish, crabs and
water insects, and even small animals out of the
water.
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Brown pelicans feed by plunging into open water
to catch fish while white pelicans submerge their
heads and scoop up fish while floating.
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• A large number of birds whose habitat is the
  marsh have a short, hooked beak designed for
  tearing flesh. These include
• Hawks and Owls mammals, reptiles, frogs and
  insects.
• Eagle aquatic animals

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Hawks
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Eagles
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• In addition to body size and shape, each birds
  beak has adapted to a particular food source.
• Adaptation has provided birds with varied feeding
  styles allowing coexistence (sharing of the land)
  in habitats.

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Owls
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So lets see if we can adapt!