Adaptations for Secondary School

Spiny-leaf Stick Insects don’t just look like leaves, they also behave like a leaf, swaying their bodies from side-to-side to enhance their ability to camouflage.

Bettongs have highly concentrated urine, helping them to conserve water in arid parts of Australia.

Barn Owls are extremely well adapted to hunt at night with a heart-shaped facial disk to direct sound waves to lopsided ears for intense hearing ability.

The most obvious adaptation of a turtle is its shell, which not only protects it from predators because it is hard to bite through, but also looks like a rock.

The Shinglebacks tongue helps it to smell and taste the air in order to find food, and the blue colour can help ward off predators.

Most pythons have tiny holes called pits along their jaw, enabling them to sense if prey is warm-blooded.

Crocodiles possess the strongest bite force in the animal kingdom, with adult males having over 2 tonnes of closing pressure in their jaws.