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

Your NameDateTeacher’s NamePeriod

Adaptation Purpose