How and why animals move? Long journeys and migrations in animals.

1. ANIMALS ON THE MOVE
Ms. KANCHI MALIK SACHDEVA
V – C

2. WHY ANIMALS NEED TO
MOVE?
1) To search for food.
2) To escape from being attacked by other animals.
3) To find others of their kind to reproduce.
4) To escape from extreme weather conditions.

3. DIFFERENT DEFENSE TECHNIQUES
• CAMOUFLAGE – Ability of some animals to merge
with their surroundings.
• RETREATING INTO THEIR SHELLS – Turtles
& Snails.
• PRODUCING REPELLING CHEMICALS –
Wasp, skunk, snake.
• SPIKES/ THORNS ON BODIES – Porcupine

4. WE ALL MOVE BUT DIFFERENTLY
• TIGERS & LEOPARDS – Padded feet with claws
which helps them to run fast.
• CAMELS – Broad feet to run on soft sand without
sinking.
• HORSES & MULES – Hard & strong feet to run
on hard ground.

5. DID YOU KNOW?
FASTEST ANIMAL ON
LAND - CHEETAH
SLOWEST ANIMAL ON
LAND – SNAIL

6. TAKE A FLIGHT
• Most birds & insects move around by flying.
• Insects – Light bodies & wings.
• Birds – Streamlined bodies, feathers & wings.

7. DID YOU KNOW?
BATS – ONLY MAMMALS
CAPABLE OF FLYING
FASTEST BIRD – PEREGRINE
FALCON (320Km/hr)

8. PENGUINS
• Have wings but they do not fly.
• They use their wings like flippers to swim.

9. SWIMMING TO REACH PLACES
• Most water creatures swim to move around & others just
float along the water currents.
• STREAMLINED BODY – helps to swim.
• FINS & TAILS – to break water current.

10. SCHOOLING – GROUP OF FISH
SWIMMING TOGETHER

11. MIGRATION
• Refers to regular long distance journeys taken by
animals from one place to another in search of food
& better climatic conditions.

12. DID YOU KNOW?
ARCTIC TERN – FLIES 19000Kms
SOUTH DURING WINTERS.
BUTTERFLIES TRAVEL 1000’S OF
KMS IN SEARCH OF WARMER
CLIMATE TO LAY EGGS.

13. WILDEBEEST OF THE AFRICAN SAVANNA
MIGRATE NORTHWARDS IN SEARCH OF GREENER
PASTURES WHEN THE GRASS DRIES UP.

14. BREEDING MIGRATIONS
• SEAANIMALS – SALMON & GREY WHALE
migrate between the river & the sea.