everything in nature exists for just two reasons…
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Everything in nature exists for just two
reasons…
•To ensure an organism’s survival
•To ensure an organism’s
reproductive successAdaptations
Adaptation: thick manePurpose: ?
Male Lion (Panthera leo)
Adaptation: thick manePurpose: protects neck during fights
Hint… only male lions have this adaptation
Adaptation: strange, elaborate flowerPurpose: ?
Bee Orchid (Ophyrus apifera)
Adaptation: strange, elaborate flowerPurpose: pollination without nectar
Hint…the orchid is pollinated by just one type of insect…
Adaptation: large, fleshy nosePurpose: ?
Saiga Antelope (Saiga tatarica)
Adaptation: large, fleshy nosePurpose: warms the cold air entering
the nose and lungs
Hint… forages for food in a sub-arctic zone
Adaptation: carnivorousPurpose: ?
Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula)
Adaptation: carnivorous Purpose: obtain missing nutrients
Hint… lives in a nutrient-poor bog environment
Adaptation: only visible on ventral side….
Blue Morpho Butterfly (Genus Morpho)
Ventral View
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