Desert snakes. Desert Animals
When traveling to the United Arab Emirates, you should never forget to be careful. You may not find dangerous animals within the city, but deserts are home to several species of poisonous snakes. The most dangerous is the sand viper (Echis carinatus) or sand faff. Its size ranges from 38 to 80 cm, but most often there are individuals no larger than 60 cm. This species is considered a crepuscular and nocturnal animal, although if disturbed, it can be active during the day.
The danger of stumbling upon it in the desert is that the sand viper likes to burrow into the sand, leaving only one head on the surface. In addition, its variegated color makes the viper almost invisible against the background of the surrounding landscape.
Curled up in a characteristic position - a double coil, with its head erected in the middle, the sand viper can at any moment quickly throw its body towards prey or an enemy. In addition, it can move on sand very quickly. Lethal dose The venom for humans is only 5 mg, while the maximum dose that can be injected into a wound by a sand viper at a time is 12 mg.
Another type of viper (Echis carinatus sochureki), despite its relatively small size, is also considered a dangerous snake, with an aggressive character, lightning-fast throw and strong poison. It is distinguished by its noticeable, brown-beige-white variegated coloring, and small seals above its large eyes. Against a grayish-brown background, a row of 30 whitish spots with dark brown edges running along the back is clearly visible, while the underside of the viper’s body is whitish with dark gray spots. You can even meet her in the surrounding area.
Two more desert inhabitants are no less poisonous. United Arab Emirates Epha (Echis omanensis) and motley Efa (Echis coloratus), but these vipers like to warn about their location with a characteristic hiss, which is created due to the friction of scales against each other when the snake changes the location of the coiled body. The head of the motley viper is wide with large eyes and vertical pupils. Overall coloration is gray or grey-brown, with paler spots on top surface. Each spot is surrounded by a dark border, which can extend from the side along the flanks and merge with the series dark groups, which run along each side. The underside is yellowish-white or grayish-white, marked with indistinct spots. Vipers are active early in the morning and during the day, and possibly during the night.
The next poisonous heroine is the Arabian horned viper (Cerastes gasperettii). Arabian horned vipers are one of three currently recognized species of horned vipers. This group is easily recognized by the rather impressive horns located above the eyes of some individuals. The Arabian horned viper is sandy colored, marked by faint, light brown ridges along the back, and white or yellowish underparts. The head is wide, triangular in shape. Like other vipers, this species has hinged, hollow fangs that lie flat when the mouth is closed and protrude when the mouth is opened. This species is capable of injecting a large number of poison.
When traveling around the United Arab Emirates, as a rule, within the city limits you have absolutely nothing to fear, but when you are in the desert, you should not forget that here you can find insects and reptiles that can pose a danger to your life. foreign tourists, and, of course, do not try to chew or smell plants and flowers that are unfamiliar to you.
The deserts of the United Arab Emirates are home to several species of snakes, three of which are venomous.
The most dangerous of snakes is considered to be the sand viper, because of its khaki, which makes the snake almost invisible to the untrained eyes of tourists at the moment when it is resting under a bush or boulder. However, in addition to this, the snake has a disgusting habit of burying itself in the sand.
Therefore, a large number of bites have been recorded from those people who accidentally stepped on a sand viper, which was hiding from the mercilessly scorching sun in the desert sands.
The carpet viper is also no less poisonous; fortunately, it almost always warns of its location with a hiss.
carpet viper
The snake’s skin also almost blends in with the color of the sand, but has small light spots on its back.
Dark long rattlesnake It is very easy to spot in the sand, since it can also leave behind zigzag tracks.
Other species include: water snakes that live in aquatic environment, small desert snakes and sand boa - which do not pose any danger to humans.
Although water snake and lives in drying up lakes and mountain streams, but in its color it is very similar to a sand viper, for which it sometimes has to pay with its life. The yellow-brown sand boa primarily lives in rocky areas. Small and nimble desert snakes are thinner than a little finger; they are easily distinguished by their black shiny eyes and dark spots on their backs.
In the United Arab Emirates, of the huge variety of insects, only the spider poses a danger to tourists. black Widow and Scorpio.
Scorpion
Scorpios should be feared according to the principle: “the lighter the scorpion, the more poisonous it is.”
While swimming in the sea, you may get a small burn on your skin if you accidentally collide with a jellyfish.
Most often this happens between September and October, since at this very time jellyfish come close to the coastline.
Hunting and diving enthusiasts should take precautions and be aware of fish and shellfish that may pose a danger to people.
A sting from the conical shells is fatal.
The shells on the east coast in the Emirate of Sharjah in the Khor-Fakkan region are very dangerous; they have a small shape that looks like a cut diamond.
The bite of sea snakes is also fatal. Usually, sea snakes They are quite peaceful and are most often found in the open ocean.
Snakes have very small mouths and can bite an intrusive diver on the ear, toes or fingers.
On the east coast, in the reef area, you can find scorpion fish and stone fish.
These poisonous fish mostly live at the very bottom, so for swimming and walking at the water's edge on a wild beach east coast You must wear rubber shoes.
In the United Arab Emirates, the desert is very diverse: whimsical canyons, lifeless dunes and small paradise oases. Once an inhospitable and harsh desert, it now offers many opportunities for exciting and wonderful adventures - from swimming in clear mountain lakes to exciting jeep safaris. In the desert, most of all vegetation is seasonal nature, and animals, as a rule, lead night look life. Footprints desert foxes and lizards up to four feet long can be seen on the sands of the dunes, and live in nature reserves different types gazelles. In other places there are hyenas, jackals, hares, foxes, lizards and jerboas.
In the east of the country you can see the richest vegetation; there, along the wonderful mountain slopes of Jebel al-Hajar, there are palm and date groves, which are irrigated by streams of water flowing from the mountains. However, the green decoration of the capital of Dubai is not a cheap pleasure. Traveling around the city, passing by lawns, you can hear the hissing of invisible water jets, and on the streets, special capillary tubes are connected to each tree. All irrigation systems in the country are controlled by computers.
In Dubai in winter you can see various birds that fly here to spend the winter. Migratory birds They are also not afraid to fly into the city; sometimes entire flocks can decorate the parks of seaside hotels. Between the houses you can see birds of prey- golden eagles or falcons.
The best of the rabbis became blind over their books, turned gray and grew old in the study of the Law, in anticipation of the Messiah. Finally, the Promised One appeared, but not all those who prayed for His speedy arrival recognized Him as the Long-awaited One. Instead of final relief of conscience, temptation arose, an annoying swarm of questions and bewilderment.
Archpriest Andrey Tkachev
Indeed, Christ came to the “fall and rising of many in Israel and to the point of controversy” (Luke 2:34). Christ is the precious and cornerstone, but “whoever falls on this stone will be broken, and on whomever it falls, will crush" (Matthew 21:44)
It was necessary to have a very humble soul and a blessed mind so as not to make a mistake in the matter of recognizing Christ or not recognizing Him.
One of the owners of such a mind is Nicodemus. This ruler of the Jews came to the Messiah at night and talked with Him. The third chapter of John's Gospel conveys this conversation. In it, Nicodemus admitted that Christ came from God, and “we,” that is, the Pharisees, “know” this. Christ spoke to him about being born again and about the Kingdom of God. In a conversation with him, the conversation touched on the future crucifixion of the Son of God. Christ spoke about His suffering, remembering the events described in.
The words of Christ sound like this: (John 3:14)
A student of Scripture at this point needs to look at the footnote, find the coordinates of the words mentioned (Num. 21:9), and read the quoted text itself. This is what you should always do when you encounter references to the Old Testament in the New Testament.
So, in this place The book of Numbers speaks of Israel's repeated grumblings during their journey through the desert. The Jews grumbled that there was “neither bread nor water here, and our souls,” they said, “were disgusted with this junk food"(Num. 21:5).
“Wretched food,” by the way, was called manna, the food about which it is said “he gave them the bread of the angels to eat.” Aversion from manna is what is best expressed by the words “the habit of grace.” This disease especially threatens the priesthood and the entire church clergy, that is, those who literally live in the temple of God. However, other Christians are not spared from the threat of this disease.
In response to this attitude people's heart to Himself and His gifts “the Lord sent among the people poisonous snakes which bit the people, and a great multitude of the children of Israel died” (Num. 21:6).
The Jews, punished in this way, began to ask Moses for protection and help, and in response to Moses’ prayer, the Lord commanded to make the same serpent that Christ remembered in his conversation with Nicodemus.
This snake was made of copper. There was a command about him: “Put him on the banner, and if a snake bites any person, the one who is bitten, looking at him, will remain alive” (Num. 21:8).
But what do you and I care about that? And is there a bridge thrown from hoary antiquity to today so that we can cross it back and forth?
There is such a bridge, and there are benefits from such readings. speaks of the wandering sons of Israel and all the events of the wandering, that “all these things happened to them as images; but it is described for instruction to us who have reached last centuries"(1 Cor. 10:11).
The person bitten by the serpent is me and you, brother and sister in Christ. It is not another snake that bites us, but the same one that deceived the foremother in Paradise. After the deception, he gained some power over man and is especially angry with those who make a journey to the land of promised bliss, to the Kingdom of God.
The very history of the journey, starting from the Exodus and until the very entry into the land flowing with milk and honey, is a figurative story about the salvation of an individual soul and the entire Church. This is a story about the obstacles encountered along the way, about punishments for the unfaithful, and about the amazing perseverance of some of God’s chosen ones.
Who among us has not felt the fire of sin spreading through our veins?
Who among us does not know that sin does not exactly hit, but stings a person, on the sly and secretly, in order to more accurately kill him?
Who doesn’t have the intelligence to understand that someone who has been stung must act quickly and wisely, otherwise he will die?
And so we travel and feel that the snake bites us painfully and unexpectedly. Where is the medicine? Here it is. “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”(John 3:14). The Jews looked at the image of a serpent, but we look at the image of Jesus Christ crucified for us under Pontius Pilate. Crucified, buried, and raised again on the third day, according to the Scriptures.
On these days, the Cross is often presented to the gaze of believers precisely because the snake bites become noticeable and especially painful. Look, Christian, at your crucified Lord and heal your heart from the poison that is in you.
The poet said this about this looking and falling to the Cross:
Come with hot tears
Embrace the foot of the cross
You will make peace with heaven
With yourself and with people. (I. Nikitin)
These verses are addressed to a child who is learning to pray without yet knowing the power of sin. “Pray, Child” is the title of the poem. And an adult warns the child in advance about what will need to be done if sin deceives and seduces the matured soul over time. But we, who have long matured and have been deceived by sin many times, see for ourselves in these words a lesson and a call.
It remains only to understand why the serpent, a creature overloaded with a negative attitude and meaning, is connected here with the Lord. One of the fathers says on this matter that just as a copper snake is similar to a real one, but has no poison in itself, so Christ was in everything like an ordinary person, but had no sin in Himself.
In addition, it is common for Scripture to use the same name, depending on the context, to designate the concepts of saints and sinners.
So Peter the Apostle says about the devil that he walks “like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Pet. 5:8). And he speaks of the lion, connecting his image with the Lord: “Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and is able to open this book and open its seven seals” (Rev. 5:5). Both there and there - a lion, but in opposite meanings.
Therefore, let our hearts not be troubled about anything, but when we come to the temple of God and see before us the image of the Redeemer nailed to the cross, let us look at Him with faith. From this glance we who were stung will remain alive in Christ Jesus. For this purpose He came, so that people “would have life and have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).
Every year the summer heat becomes unbearable, but people can afford to survive the heat of the day by sitting in an air-conditioned room enjoying artificially created comfort. But some species of animals and the Earth, without the use of modern technologies, have adapted to life in conditions of heat and drought.
Deserts can be found on every continent on our planet. They differ from each other in size, shape, relief, amount of precipitation, air temperature and biological diversity, but all deserts have one thing in common: great amount sand, lack of water and, of course, living conditions unbearable for most organisms.
Below is a list of animals - mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, arthropods, predators and other representatives of the desert fauna of the planet that were able to develop their own unique adaptations for life in this harsh environment.
Desert Animals:
Moloch (lizard)
Finding water in the Australian desert is no easy task. To cope with this problem, the skin has evolved in such a way that it can absorb water like blotting paper and, under the action of capillary forces, direct it into the animal's mouth. The moloch's skin is dotted with microscopic structured channels that, like capillaries, direct water to the corners of the lizard's mouth. In contact with water, the moloch changes color - it becomes darker and can increase body weight by up to 30%.
Previously, it was believed that during periods of drought these frogs died, but in reality everything turned out to be much more interesting. When the rainy season ends, the African burrowing frog digs a hole 15 to 20 cm deep, and then secretes a significant amount of mucus, which, when dried, turns into a kind of cocoon and hibernates. In anticipation of the rainy season, the frog can spend up to 7 years in a protective cocoon, which softens during the rain, signaling the animal that it is time to awaken.
African pygmy viper
Dwarf puff adder from the Namib Desert, just like the horned rattlesnake, which lives in the Mojave Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, moves in space through a lateral passage.
Such unusual way movement not only helps maintain traction on unstable sand, but ensures that only two points of the animal's body touch the hot desert surface at any given time.
Chuckwells
When faced with a predator, these lizards, which live in the rocky deserts of the United States and Mexico, quickly flee into nearby crevices and quickly fill their lungs with additional air, inflating folds of skin along the body, increasing in volume by up to 50%. This transformation gives the chuckwell the opportunity to gain a foothold in a shelter, making it virtually inaccessible to predators.
fennec
The fennec fox, an inhabitant of North Africa, has a relatively big ears, which serve two purposes: they are excellent for capturing the sounds of potential prey, and also due to the large number blood vessels allow the animal to dissipate excess body heat. Scientists note that while the fox's large ears keep the fox cool on hot days, the fennec's thick coat provides good insulation during cold desert nights.
Cape ground squirrel
Rodent from the driest areas South Africa. These squirrels have found creative uses for their bushy tails. To protect itself from the merciless rays of the desert sun, the Cape ground squirrel lifts its tail up and uses it as a sun umbrella.
Camel
No list of desert fauna would be complete without mentioning the camel. Many people know that the fat that is stored in the humps of a camel is used as food and also serves as thermal insulation for the animal’s body. A camel's ears have thick hairs that protect them from sand, and the same can be said for the eyelashes around the eyes. The wide hooves act like snowshoes when walking on the shifting desert sand.
Arizona snaketooth
One of two types poisonous lizards in the world, conducts most lives underground and can go without food for several months, thanks to the fat stored in the animal's tail. This little trick is a great way to survive during the dry season in their native environment a habitat.
Peccaries
Bakers have mouths specialized for tough foods and digestive system, which allows them, despite thousands of needles, to use favorite dish- prickly pear cactus.
Sandgrouse
Sandgrouse is a family of birds that live in the deserts of Asia and North Africa. Thick plumage protects birds from overheating or hypothermia, and can also absorb a small amount of water. Male sandgrouses use the feathers like a sponge to carry water to the nest for the chicks and the female.
Gazelle Dorcas
Although they will not refuse water when it is available, these small animals from North Africa can survive entirely on the water contained in their food.
Beetle Stenocara gracilipes
Fresh water in African Desert The Namib is worth its weight in gold, but thanks to its proximity to the sea, a refreshing mist penetrates the desert every morning. Beetles of the species Stenocara gracilipes use this opportunity 100%. They stand motionless in place, allowing the mist to condense on their bodies into droplets of water, which they then drink.
Plantain cuckoos
The body's metabolic processes lead to the accumulation of minerals. who live in an environment where water is readily available excrete minerals through urine. But animals living in extreme conditions, when they need to minimize fluid excretion, their body will look for other ways to get rid of mineral buildup. Birds of the plantain cuckoo genus from North America, like the Dorcas gazelle, are able to survive by obtaining water from food and removing excess salt through glands located near the eyes.
Spiny mice
Spiny mice are able to quickly heal wounds through special process abbreviations. The exceptionally thin skin of these mice allows them to completely regenerate damaged areas much faster than other mammal species, minimizing blood loss.
Legless lizards
Legless lizards live on different continents, including Africa, Asia, Australia and North America. These bizarre lizards have developed an ingenious method of fighting high temperatures desert surface. They lost their legs (some species also lost their eyes) in the process of evolution, since they spend most of their time underground, feeding on small invertebrate animals.
Scorpios
Thanks to their special metabolism, scorpions can go without food for up to 12 months. Unlike other animals that undergo seasonal hibernation, scorpions are able to react to the presence of predators with lightning speed, even while in a state close to suspended animation.
Kangaroo
In order to survive the harsh Australian summer, the kangaroo cools its body in a rather original way, by licking its front paws. A special network of blood vessels in the paws allows animals to quickly reduce their body temperature through the evaporation of saliva, since kangaroos have few sweat glands.
Meerkats
Black circles around the eyes of meerkats, often compared to a natural pair sunglasses, although researchers note that they function slightly differently, absorbing sun rays and preventing them from being reflected into the eyes. A similar technique is used by professional athletes, applying black makeup under the eyes to reduce sun glare on the cheekbones. Black coloring gives meerkats an advantage in sunny days, compared to nocturnal predators such as lions, whose eyes do not have any special markings.
Addax or mendes antelope
Another species of animal from the Sahara Desert, which spends most of its life without water, compensating for the lack of fluid with water from plants. Also, to cope with the merciless desert sun, addax wool is summer time acquires a light color that reflects sunlight, and in winter the coat turns brownish-gray to better absorb heat.
Dragonflies
There are more than a hundred species of dragonflies that live in desert areas of the planet. Each type has its own unique color And physical features, adapted to difficult life in the desert. Some dragonflies even have a silver color, which only makes these amazing flying insects more beautiful.
Red chaise
Red phaeton ants, native to the Sahara Desert, are the most heat-resistant land animals on the planet. These insects can tolerate extreme temperatures of up to 70 degrees Celsius. The chaise eats red dead desert insects that died from extreme heat.
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The desert does not have the most favorable atmosphere for living organisms. But despite this, there is an amazing diversity of animal life here. During the midday heat, this diversity is practically invisible.
You can meet only a few or, and with great luck, several. But with the arrival of evening twilight, when the heat gradually subsides, the desert begins new life, she seems to come to life.
In the photo there is a jungle cat
Puma
This widespread desert animal is the second largest of the cat family. It has so many other names that it was even included in the Guinness Book of Records.
Most often they are also called mountain lions And . This slender and agile animal reaches a length of 100 to 180 cm and weighs from 50 to 100 kg. Males usually larger than females.
Dawn and dusk are chosen by the puma for hunting. Likes to be in places with dense vegetation, in caves, rocky crevices. But it can also live on open area. When hunting, it prefers to wait for its prey in ambush.
Animals avoid meeting people, but Lately More than one case of puma attacking people has been observed. Hoofed animals are considered the favorite prey of pumas. They can also feast on domestic animals if they find themselves in places inhabited by people. They compete with and wolves.
Animal puma
Coyote
This is the name of the lonely predators that howl at the moon and are symbolic animals of the American Wild West. They are not always lonely. There have been cases when they hunted in whole packs.
The length of the animal is from 75 to 100 cm, its weight is from 7 to 20 kg. They are active at night. They are able to adapt to any environment. They eat mainly small mammals, carrion, deer and sheep. As soon as dusk falls, coyotes go in search of prey for themselves.
As for coyotes and humans, humans are the cause of their spread. Competitors of coyotes are wolves, which people have recently begun to exterminate en masse.
Thus, it was people who created favorable conditions to expand the range of coyotes. Their fur is highly valued in the fur industry, so these wild predators There is always a hunt going on.
These animals are an immediate, direct threat to farm animals and are very fond of sheep. For this they earned great hostility among the farmers.
But all attempts to destroy them do not bring great success because coyotes have insight, amazing intelligence and cunning. They avoid traps without any problems, dodging bullets and various baits. The burrows of these animals are located in caves, rock crevices, and tree hollows.
Animal coyote
Tiger
This majestic animal is the largest and largest among all cats. The length of an adult male animal can reach up to 3.5 m and weight 315 kg. For a hungry tiger, everything that catches his eye is good food.
Gazelle Dorcas
Holy Scarab
This representative of dung beetles is listed in Krasnaya. The beetle is black in color, has a short body length - 4 cm, it is smooth to the touch and convex. The male tibia differs somewhat from the female tibia due to the fringe of golden hairs. Scarabs live on sea coasts and sandy soil.
Their food is the dung of large cattle. They can stock up on this manure for future use, sometimes rolling it into balls larger than the manure itself. They do not live long, about two years.
IN Ancient Egypt this beetle is sacred. It is believed that a talisman with his image brings eternal youth to women and helps men earn good money.
Sacred scarab beetle
Addax
This animal belongs to equine mammals and changes the color of its coat depending on the seasons. During the summer season addax white, in winter it darkens to brown tones.
The animal lives closer to fresh waters. It eats desert grass and shrub plants. Addaxes can travel long distances to find food. They may be without water for some time. The necessary moisture is drawn from plants.
These social animals prefer to live in herds of up to 20 or more animals, headed by a male. Addaxes make poor runners, which makes them prey for many predatory animals.
In the photo there is an animal addax
yellow scorpion
In another way, it is also called the deadly hunter. This creature is truly very dangerous for humans and brings death or paralysis with it. The body of a scorpion reaches from 8 to 13 cm. Males are usually smaller than females.
They weigh 2-3 g. Their decoration is a long, slightly thickened tail raised up. The insect feeds on zofobas, and. They are more picky about food than all their steelhead relatives.
For housing, they choose areas under rocks and small gorges. They live without problems in sandy burrows they dug themselves. From the bite yellow scorpion small insects die immediately, and a person experiences cerebral edema or paralysis. This property of insect venoms has recently increasingly begun to help in the treatment of oncological diseases.
yellow scorpion
African ostrich
This one big bird can reach impressive sizes. The height of this majestic bird can be up to 2.7 m and weight 160 kg. Not only this attracts everyone's attention.
In the photo there is a monitor lizard
Animals of tropical deserts
Tropical deserts have a difficult, hot and dry climate. But for many animals this is not a global problem. They can adapt to any habitat.
Animals of tropical deserts They can go without food for a long time and also travel long distances in search of it. Many of them, in order to avoid the effects of extreme heat, simply hibernate for a while.
For some of them, life underground is their salvation. Those who are not able to withstand the severity of the tropical desert climate in the summer simply leave the hot regions.
Hyena
Open desert spaces, forest edges next to paths and roads are the places where you can most often meet this interesting animal. For many, it is a negative animal; it does not cause anything other than negative emotions.
This is how people treat her, thinking that she feeds on carrion and is dangerous for many innocent animals. In fact, the hyena is not much more angry and cunning than some other predatory representative tropical desert.
Until recently, it was believed that hyenas were more related to dogs. But later it was concluded that they belong to felines. The enemies of hyenas are. Skirmishes often occur between them, which end in victory for the flock in which there are more individuals.
Animals make scary sounds that frighten people even today. Often, because of their laughter, hyenas can lose food. Or rather, their provisions are taken away by lions, who understand from the sounds of the animal that there is a lot of food near them. They lead a mainly nocturnal lifestyle, and during the day they rest from long hikes or hunting.
They cannot be considered ugly and insensitive animals. The fact that hyenas eat carrion gives them the right to be called real orderlies environment. They hunt with pleasure all ungulates, and can also covet the babies of large animals.
Animal hyena
Cheetahs
A beautiful and majestic feline predator has an incredible color and huge claws. He develops unprecedented speed and forces himself to be respected with his entire appearance.
The length of an adult reaches up to 150 cm, and cheetahs weigh on average 50 kg. They have excellent eyesight, which helps them hunt well. They are the fastest animals.
For life they choose to a greater extent open areas, avoiding thickets. They prefer to hunt in the daytime, which is very different from most predators that hunt at night. They don't like to climb trees.
In the photo there is a cheetah
Jerboa
Mammals from the order of rodents live almost everywhere thanks to their excellent ability to adapt. These animals only come in small sizes. They have a long tail, longer than the body itself.
Thanks to their well-developed hind legs, they run very quickly, while their tail serves as something like a steering wheel. IN winter time they go into hibernation mode.
More active image Jerboas lead their lives at night. In search of provisions they can travel about 5 km. During the day after these trips, the animals sleep.
For homes, jerboas dig holes for themselves. They eat plant foods - fruits, vegetables, root vegetables, grains. They do not refuse to feast on larvae, insects, etc.
Animal jerboa
Animals of the arctic deserts
The Arctic deserts are more dominated by birds than animals. It is easier for them to endure all the harshness of those places. But there are also animals and fish, although there are not so many of them.
This animal can survive such harsh winters thanks to large cluster fat, which protects them from frost and the special structure of the coat. They walk smoothly, slowly and swaying from side to side.
They have no fear towards humans. It is better for people to stay away from this giant. Animals prefer to lead a solitary lifestyle. They live mostly amicably among themselves, but it happens that clashes arise between them, which most often occur during the mating season.
Bears swim and dive beautifully. It is in the water that they get their food. Their victims are sea hares. They search for the victim using well developed sense of smell.
These animals are thrifty. If they have plenty of food, they will definitely hide it in reserve. Fathers have absolutely no developed parental feelings. Not only do they not help in raising their children, but sometimes they can even pose a threat to them.
polar bear
Seals and walruses
These animals are most popular in the Arctic deserts. They are separate populations. Seals have a large number of subspecies. sea hares are the largest and most dangerous of them. The seal is the smallest and most active representative of these inhabitants. arctic deserts.
Walruses are considered the closest relatives of seals, and also represent for them great danger. Their sizes are much larger, their fangs are sharper. Walruses feed on small animals, including a moderately well-fed seal.
Animals of the deserts of South America
In the desert South America You can find quite unique and diverse animals. Each of them is interesting in its own way.
Armadillo
This mammal with a shell covering its back has small sizes. The body length of the desert armadillo reaches 12-16 cm, and the weight is 90 g. They prefer sandy plains.
They burrow into this soil and look for food there. They feed on worms, snails and vegetation. They are not social animals and prefer to live alone. They sleep during the day and forage for food at night.
The animal in the photo is an armadillo
Guanaco
They are considered the largest of all desert herbivores. They are not picky about food. Moisture is obtained from plant products. With its slender and light build, it is very reminiscent of deer or antelope.
Distinctive feature of these animals, which immediately attracts attention are their big eyes With long eyelashes. The night time of the day is reserved for guanacos to rest. At dawn they begin to wake up. In the morning and evening every day they go to water. They live in herds, in which there are many females and children and one male.
Pictured is a guanaco.
Jaguarundi
The cat family has many interesting representatives. One of them is. The puma is considered its close relative. They choose to live dense forests, thickets of bushes through which they make their way without much difficulty due to their flexibility. They don't like to climb trees. This only happens in extreme cases, out of great need.
This cat eats various animals, including domestic ones. During mating season cats form pairs. Against this background, there are frequent fights without rules for the same female that two males like. Female jaguarundi are wonderful and caring mothers.
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