The document summarizes how two species adapt to their surroundings: the pygmy possum and the cactus plant. The pygmy possum lives in cold mountain habitats and relies on snow for insulation during hibernation, but is endangered due to lack of snow from hot weather. Cacti have developed spines and deep roots to protect themselves from thirsty animals and survive in hot, dry desert conditions with little water by storing it in their roots.

1. Animal and plant
adaptions
By Jillian Nava Street

2. Contents
• slide 1: the possum
• slide 2: the introduction to the animal the possum and the
specific one I will be talking about
• slide 3: how the animal adapts to their surroundings and
survives
• slide 4: the cactus plant
• slide 5: introduction to the cactus plant and how it
survives it surroundings and adapts
• slide 6: thank you for watching 

3. The animal the pygmy
possum
(the animal the pygmy possum)

4. The pygmy
possum
introduction
The pygmy possum lives in a cold
habitat up in the mountains and are
currently an endangered species of
animals. Due to the hot weather,
the melting snow and the killing of
its food. As you know possums are
nocturnal animals and usually hunt
at night so the best snack, and the
snack that they prefer is the moth.
A simple moth is all they like.

5. The pygmy
possum. How
does it adapt to
it’s surroundings?
The pygmy possum as I said lives is a rocky
habitat and are currently endangered
because of the: lack of snow, the over
heating weather and the pesticides that
are killing it’s food. the moth. The reason
why the pygmy possum needs snow is
because the snow acts like a thick blanket
so when is comes to hibernating when the
pygmy possum decides that it is too cold
then it eats all it can then buries it self
under the snow because the snow traps all
the warm air inside to keep it warm during
the cold winter. And as you know possums
are nocturnal so they go out at night. The
reason is because it is too hot for them out
at night and they see better at night. So
when it is too hot the snow melts and even
at night the cannot go out.

6. The cactus plant
(the cactus plant)

7. How does the cactus
plant adapt, live and
survive?
Well being a plant is very hard because you
cannot run away from thirsty predators if
you’re a cactus or any other plant so you
need protection. If any animals come
thirsty and looking for food, you will give
them a little prick saying to the animal
‘keep out of my water!’ Cacti need very
little water. but they need some once in a
while. So the perfect habitat would usually
be some where hot and it does not rain
very often. The cactus is a well kept plant
that not any animal in the desert would be
willing to have as their every day snack.
The cacti’s roots grow very deep down so
it can catch any water floating by in the
soil or sand. That is how the cactus can
survive in even the harshest conditions.

8. Thank you for watching
!!!!!!!!!!