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Animals which live in the dry desert are those which are specially adapted to the dry conditions. Most of them do not need to drink water, but obtain sufficient moisture from the foods they eat. Some desert animals burrow down deep to find water. Others are specifically "shaped" to collect water. For example, the body of the thorny devil in Australia is completely covered in sharp spikes which actually collect the moisture that condenses in the early morning (or the occasional rains) and channel it directly down towards its mouth.
Whilst many people think kangaroos live in the desert because they are Australian, not all Australian creatures are adapted for the desert. Most of them still require water. The larger kangaroos and their smaller wallaby cousins cannot survive in the desert due to lack of food and water: the only marsupials that can live in the desert are the smaller carnivorous marsupials (dasyurids) such as planigales and phascogales, that obtain all their moisture needs from insects and larvae, and can burrow deep into the sand where it is cooler. As well, there are two species of marsupial mole which are completely blind, and spend their days underground. All their food and shelter needs are provided for beneath the earth's surface.
Camels can live in the desert because they have many adaptations to protect them from the heat and the sand, and the ability to store fat which enables them to go for longer periods without food or water.
Many varieties of snakes can live in the desert because they are less subject to heat and dehydration that mammals and birds suffer.
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