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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The cactus has evolved the '''adaptation''' of not having any leaves. This stops them from losing water too quickly in the dry desert.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An '''adaptation''' of camels for the desert is the hump on their back which stores food because there is not much to eat in the desert.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The desert fox has been '''adapted ''' to have very large ears to help them cool down when it is hot.
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*Cactus [[plant|plants]] do not have [[leaf|leaves]]. This '''adaptation''' gives them a small [[surface area]] so they do not lose water easily.*Some [[animal|animals]] in the [[desert]] do not [[sweat]] even though it is hot. This '''adaptation''' stops them from losing water.
===Adaptations for defence===
*{| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:Hedgehog.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Cactus .png|center|200px]]|[[plantFile:OctopusInk.png|center|plants200px]] and |-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Hedgehogs have spikes. This '''adaptation''' make it difficult for [[hedgehogsanimal|animals]] to eat them.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Cactus plants have spikes. This '''adaptation''' make it difficult to for [[animal|animals]] to eat them.*| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Octopuses]] and [[squid]] spray ink when they are being attacked. This '''adaptation''' makes it difficult for the [[predator]] to see them when the swim away.=Used in a sentence=White fur is an adaptation of polar bears that helps camouflage in the snow.|}