ecosystem snapshot: deserts. featured population: roadrunners
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ECOSYSTEM SNAPSHOT: DESERTS
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FEATURED POPULATION: ROADRUNNERS
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ANIMAL FACTS - ROADRUNNERS
Interesting Facts:
• Roadrunners prefer walking or running.
• Roadrunners are quick enough to catch and eat rattlesnakes.
• Roadrunners prefer walking or running and attain speeds up to 20 miles per hour.
Home:
• The deserts of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America
Shelter:
• In the winter, they find shelter in trees or rocks to avoid the cold winds.
Food:
• Snakes, lizards, gophers, rats, mice, bird eggs, insects, and fruit
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ROADRUNNERS: BASIC NEEDS
Basic Needs
• air• water• shelter• food
Shelter
• trees• rocks
Food
• snakes, lizards, gophers, rats, mice, bird eggs, insects, and fruit
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ANIMAL FACTS
Adaptations –
• Roadrunners prefer to walk or run.
• They have long tails for balance.
• They can run up to 20 miles per hour.
• Their coloration helps them blend into their habitat to avoid predators.
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THE DESERT COMMUNITY
bull snake
hawk
coyote
scorpion
jackrabbit
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THE DESERT ECOSYSTEM
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THE DESERT ECOSYSTEM
• Plant Life – Cacti , prickly pears, Joshua Trees, small shrubs, succulents, and low lying plants
• Climate – The temperature ranges from 20F (-6.6C) in the winter to over 110F (43C) in the summer. The desert receives less than 13 inches (32.5 cm) of rain a year. In the winter, it may snow.
• Landscape – Rocky, hard soil with some areas of sandy soils