Physical/Anatomical adaptations

• Armament - claws, thorns, teeth

• camouflage

• mimicry

• Body Shape

• body parts (ex: webbed feet)

Physiological adaptations

• Strategies used to obtain energy - autotrophs (produces own food) & heterotrophs (consumes other organisms for energy)

• Production of venom

• Production of adrenaline

• Antibiotic resistance

Behavioral Adaptations

• allow an animal to respond to life's needs

• actions

• instinctive: happen naturally

• learned: these behaviors are taught

• examples: hibernating, migrating, finding shelter, mating, vocalization, searching for food, feeding methods.