How do people live in a desert?

Answer 1

• The most important part of surviving in the desert is to avoid direct sunlight. That is how the turban came to be. Often if stuck in the desert, people will take off their shirt and wrap it around their head.
• Next, if water is available in small amount, for example in a canteen, it's important to ration it to last as long as possible. It's also important to be resourceful. To keep fluids in your body, you may need to drink your own urine. This will only work once though, after 2 cycles through the body, urine becomes toxic to the kidneys.
• If you know you're stuck, with miles and miles of desert around you, your best bet is to stay put. Often deserts have their own patrols that fly throughout the desert looking for stranded people. It's best to conserve energy to stay alive until you're rescued.

If the question pertains to how people survive living permanently in the desert, that is another matter. People such as the indigenous Australians were nomadic, building only temporary shelters, and moving regularly to follow food sources, and waterholes. Desert Aborigines (and also the Kalahari people of Africa) also developed skills in extracting every last drop of water from plants, and in digging to find water beneath the surface. They minimise/d activity during the day, and hunted when the animals were out - early mornign and at dusk. This protected them from the desert daytime heat.

Answer 2

Animals find ways to adapt to the harsh desert environment and human beings are animals so i believe that humans could adapt to he desert environment by mimicking the clever ways animals survive in the desert. Most animals living in the desert dig holes(burrows) to keep themselves cold in the day and come out and night to forage for food. Kangaroos in the desert lick saliva onto their forearms so that it protects their arms from the sun and cools them down. The key to surviving in the desert is to find and eat food with more moisture in them, seek shelter in the day and go hunting/foraging for food in the afternoons. All these requirements come under one category to try keep consume and NOT loose as much water as you can.

Answer 3

The desert is a barren and desolate place, with extreme heat. Animals and living things therefor have to adapt in a certain way to survive. They all have advantages specific to themselves that help them survive in the desert (the geboa's jumping feet. The majority of creatures in the desert are cold-blooded. Those that are warm-blooded, such as the ibex and the desert fox, usually are very skillful and know how to navigate the desert. It all depends on the living creature/thing.

Answer 4

Millions upon millions of people around the world live in deserts and the vast majority (over 99%) live in cities and towns where food is readily available in stores and markets or restaurants. I live in the Chihuahuan Desert and have a Wal*Mart SuperCenter a half mile from my home where I can purchase nearly any food I desire. There are also a number of restaurants and fast food establishments within a short walking distance of my home. For those who live far from a town or city, many of them grow at least part of their own food and purchase other food items when they make an occasional trip into town to stock up on supplies. My home also has indoor running water but I am also able to purchase bottled water at the Wal*Mart close to my home. The same is available to most others who live in deserts.

Answer 5

They bring water and other stuff they need like food!

Answer 6

Sweating; evaporation attracts col air -vasodilation; blood vessels rise to skin for cool air - behaviour; move to the shade, spread out limbs

Answer 7

The most important way to stay alive in the desert is to keep from getting dehydrated. There are saguaro plants in the desert. They store water. You could drink from the saguaro plant.