write two features each of plants and animals that adopt to desert conditions
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The ability to adapt to arid conditions can mean the difference between life or death for animals and plants that live in the desert. Some animals burrow deep underground in the heat of the day, lie in the shade until late afternoon or early evening, or have evolved salt glands, which allow their bodies to secrete salt but not sweat so they retain water. Most deserts have dry, arid climates with little to no rain, so every living organism that lives there must find a way to adapt, survive and thrive, or die.
Nocturnal Animals
At night, the desert comes alive. A universal adaptation of desert living begins with an upside-down day. Instead of sleeping at night, nocturnal animals sleep during the hottest part of the day, only to take up their business of hunting food during the graveyard shift. By sleeping in the day, usually in the shade beneath an outcropping of rocks, in a burrow dug into the cool underground or beneath the shade of a creosote bush, they preserve their body’s water. This applies to mammals, insects and reptiles of the desert.
Water Storage
Native Americans familiar with desert life could always find water when it couldn’t be found on land, by slicing open a barrel cactus or taking pieces of the saguaro cactus flesh and consuming it. Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) can grow to over 40 feet tall and live for up to 150 years in conditions that would kill other plants. This tree-like pillar cactus with arms that shoot out at 90-degree angles before growing vertically, and seen in many western movies of yesteryear, survives and thrives in the arid desert because it stores enormous amounts of rainwater inside its thick, fleshy arms and body, using it slowly. Many cacti visibly expand during the rainy season, which also helps them to grow. The saguaro cactus also produces an edible fruit that some native tribes made into a fermented beverage for rainfall ceremonies.
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plant which found in desert area are (katila) have not green leaves
and animals are fond generally like camel which not needs lots of for drink