A leaf tailed gecko would be an example of one such animal as would the mimic octopus.
Mimicry.
Mimicry.
Mimicry.
It is how the animal is built so that it can have a higher chance or survival in the wild. Structural adaptations allows the animal to protect itself from predators mainly by camouflaging(zebras, tigers), having a protective outer covering(turtle, porcupine) etc.
The rhinoceros is the strongest and most protective animal. They protect their young and their family at all costs.
A sea shell may contain a dead animal but the shell itself is a protective covering that an animal made to protect itself.
depending on its environment and the color of the animal it will allow the animal to blend into its surroundings and hide from predators which is known as CAMOFLAUGE
The giant panda is the largest animal in its habitat and has no natural predators.
The tiger it hurts any living thing that tries to hurt its cub.
They are arthropods and invertebrates; having no internal skeleton, they require an exoskeleton. They are basically underwater cockroaches (actually, they share more similarities with scorpions).
the advantages of a shell is that if something tries to bite you then it cant because the shell is to hard
There are a lot of reasons. Usually to protect itself from predators, but sometimes they bury themselves to look for food.