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every day all around us we can see
examples of adaptations within our own
species within species of other animals
and within members of other kingdoms put
simply an adaptation is a feature of an
organism that gives us some sort of
benefit or advantage they could help it
build a shelter find and hunt food
protect itself or compete against others
for mates food and resources adaptations
can help it in a range of aspects
relating to its survival adaptations can
be categorized into three main groups
structural or physical behavioral and
physiological let's now look at the
differences between these groups by
looking at some examples structural
adaptations also known as physical
adaptations are physical features of the
body that assist in some way with
survival or reproduction some obvious
examples include having horns to defend
against predators and to compete against
others having fins for aquatic animals
who need to swim efficiently and having
armor to defend against predators having
camouflage that helps you blend in with
your environment is also a very useful
adaptation to have it can help you hide
from predators who might be looking for
a quick snack it can also make your
braid harder to see you which allows you
to get in close and get a sneak attack a
structural adaptation of a lot of plants
is to have brightly colored flowers
which attracts insects and assists with
the pollination process behavioral
adaptations are things that the organism
does which gives it some sort of benefit
and for the most part these are innate
behaviors which means they are born with
the ability and the drive to do them
herding is a great example of the
behavioral adaptation not only does it
help you find food easier as a group but
it also helps you spot predators and
raise the alarm
socialization is another important
behavior that's observed in a lot of
species it allows behaviors to be taught
to other members of the same species it
allows opportunities for relationships
to develop and it promotes cooperation
setting a trap like a spider spinning a
web is a great strategy to try and catch
some food being the most intelligent
invertebrate the octopus is capable of
mimicking other animals in order to get
closer to its prey physiological
adaptations are things that the
organisms body does without necessarily
having to consciously tell it to do so
for example a distinctive feature of
mammals is that the females produce milk
which is a nutrient-rich food source for
their offspring it doesn't choose to
produce the milk but it just does and in
doing so that's helping the survival of
the next generation producing poison or
venom is another example of a
physiological adaptation a snake or a
stingray producing venom in being able
to inject that into its prey will help
it catch it and a toads body producing
poison will help deter its predators in
order to summarize what we've covered
today have a look at this snail I want
you to think of a structural adaptation
a behavioral adaptation and a
physiological adaptation here are some
examples that you could have had and
that's it for today I find this topic
really fascinating and I hope you did
too thanks for watching and I'll see you
next time
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