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Simple, to stay cool. The surface of the sand is incredibly hot and radiates the air with absorbed and reflected heat from the sun. But only a few inches under and the sand is cool enough to tolerate and stay to wait out until the sun goes down.
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∙ 10y agoSince some desert animals are cold blooded animals and they can't control their internal body temperature, so they depend on the temperature in their climate to either heat them up or cool them down, so they usually cannot stay out in the sun all day or they will get to hot, so you would usually find them in the shade, whether it be under a rock, in a burrow, or anywhere else with a good amount of shade(depends on size of the animal)
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∙ 9y agoIt is generally cooler at night and it is easier to hide from predators.
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∙ 9y agoSmaller animals hide under rocks, vegetation, fallen trees, trash - whatever is handy at the time they need shelter.
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∙ 10y agoSome animals spend the hotter hours in a burrow, some may take shelter in the shade of shrubs or trees.
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∙ 9y agoSome animals hide out in a burrow or shade if they can find it and only emerge during cooler hours.
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∙ 13y agoSometimes the Great Horned Sheep
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∙ 13y agoIt is cooler at night
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What kind of animal best suits desert life?
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Is a zebu kind animal?
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