Animal Adaptations
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The document discusses animal adaptations and provides examples. It explains that adaptations are physical or behavioral traits that help animals survive in their habitat, such as a bird's beak shape or an animal's fur color. Physical adaptations develop over generations, not in a single lifetime. Examples of animal adaptations include teeth shapes relating to diet and leg or foot structures relating to locomotion. Defense adaptations like camouflage, bright colors, quills or horns are also discussed. Specific animal adaptations for lions, giraffes, and zebras are then outlined.
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