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Modifications that help an animal survive. For example, a zebra's stripes helps them hide! from a lions teeth.
An adaptation, in ordinary English, is a modification of something to a particular purpose that it may not have fulfilled (or fulfilled well) before. It implies changes made in furtherance of a given purpose.
In evolutionary theory, that 'purpose' (scare-quotes, because 'purpose' is being used entirely metaphorically), that 'purpose', ultimately, is successful reproduction - getting one's genes into future generations.
The word also carries a sense of adaptation to something. That something is the environment, or the niche within the environment. Thus, fish are adapted to an aquatic environment. Antelope are adapted to an environment that features fast prey animals. This is consistent with the notion of reproductive 'purpose'. Only creatures that are adapted to (suited to) their environment are able to fulfill that reproductive purpose.
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Define predator adaptations?
Predator AdaptationsWhat Predator Adaptations are really are just like what they "have" or "use" to get food or servive... like for a Lion... some Adaptations would be Sharp Claws & Sharp Teeth... Same for a Bear... I would expand on this a little more but I think most of you get what I mean.Peace!
What does wanka mean?
Willy Wonka is a fictional character in the 1964 Ronald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the film adaptations that followed.
What are 2 physical adaptations?
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How do you use adaptive radiation in a sentence?
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Who is crossfit focused for?
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What adaptations does a cushion star have?
Adaptations?? What do you mean??
Does adaptations mean behavior?
adaptation includes behavior -- so yes.
How pukeko's beak adaptations?
your question doesnt make any sense. do you mean what are the adaptations of the pukeko? or what does a pukekos beak do to help in its habitat :) your so stupid
What are the Caddo's adaptations?
adaptations
What are adaptations of a piranha?
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What adaptations did homo erectus?
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What are the adaptations of santan?
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Can adaptations only be physical?
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What are the adaptations of a chiweenie?
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