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Name: Dennis Animal Adaptation

You are our school zoologist.  You’re job is to choose an animal to investigate. In the space belowdescribe how the animal’s physical or behavioral adaptations helped it to survive in its environment. Youcan copy and paste or type your answers.  Remember you must be able to prove where you found yourinformation! Mrs. Baxter has provided you some wonderful starting points for your research!

Animal Research Site 1San Diego Zoo for KidsPebbleGo Animals - username is hillsidees and password is school

Animal Adaptation 1 Adaptation 2Stegosaurus The Stegosaurus has a spiked tail

to protect itself.The Stegosaurus use its plates to releaseheat.

SOURCE (Websites or article names)

1. http://www.pebblego.com/content/animals/pgo_player.php

2. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaurflr/jurassic/stegosaurus.html

The Stegosaurus has lots of different ways to adapt. You will beamazed at what the Stegosaurus can do. For example, one way theStegosaurus adapts with its environment is it use its plates torelease heat. Another way the Stegosaurus adapts with itsenvironment is it use its spiked tail to hurt its enemies. These are

the ways the Stegosaurus adapts itself in its environment.