What adaptations do deer have to help them survive?

Answer 1

Deer have adaptations such as:

• When the deer is alarmed it raises its tail like a flag and dashes away. The flash of white fur warns the other deer.
• Deer have a keen sense of smell, good hearing and good eyesight.
• With its antlers and sharp hooves the male deer can sometimes kill a wolf. It will butt the wolf with its horns and then stamp on it with its feet.
• To prepare for the winter deer grow a thick coat and eat alot of food to store up body fat. If it is a very long and cold winter deer may gather in small groups for protection from the cold.

• They have special calls to warn other animals of danger.
• They also have strong legs to run and escape swiftly.

Answer 2

Some adaptations deer have in order to survive in the wild are:

1. Excellent hearing: They have very good hearing, so they can hear predators.

2. Fast runners: They can run very fast, allowing them to easily outrun enemies

3. Deer have long legs to help them reach food and leaves.

4. The colour of their fur enables them to camouflage in their environment.

5. There eyes are on sides to look almost at 360 degree.

6. they have strong teeth to chew the hard stem of the trees in the forest.

Answer 3

Main deer adaptations include the agility, speed, sensitive hearing/smell and eyes on the sides of their head (giving them the ability to see nearly 360 degrees using their perpheral) all of these help them detect and avert predators.

Answer 4

it has a thick coat to adapt itself to cold condition also