KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -The skin of the camel is thick and contains water storing osmotic cells to conserve water, as they live in deserts.

Detailed explanation-2: -In some deserts, animals depend on seasonal rain so they can store up enough water to last them through the dry seasons. The Gila monster and the desert tortoise both rest underground during much of the hot, dry summer and they use their bladders to store water, kind of like if you carried a water bottle.

Detailed explanation-3: -In deserts, you’ll usually see a lot of open soil and rocks and not much grass or other kinds of plants. Animals that live in deserts include lizards, geckos, toads, jackrabbits, camels, snakes, spiders and meerkats.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a camel goes without food, its hump begins to shrink. Until recently, many scientists believed that camels could store water in one of their three stomachs. Very thirsty camels can drink up to 100 liters of water during a single visit to the well.

Detailed explanation-5: -A typical desert adaptation of desert animals was that it does not expose itself to hot temperature to save water in its body. Desert animals like tortoises, toads, foxes etc., use burrows to escape from the hot desert surface. ‘Camel’ is a less water consuming living desert being.