Question

Name two organisms that live in deserts.

Answer 1

Hint: Desert is a dry sandy area where life is not possible due to scarcity of water, but some organisms also found in the desert due to the evolution of special character which helps them to survive harshly.

Complete Answer:
Camel is the most famous desert animal which can tolerate up to 40% desiccation. Kangaroo rats are also an example of desert organisms.
Desert covers more than one-fifth area of land which is home for many organisms. Desert land receives only 10 inches of rain per year, the moisture produced by rain gets depleted with time due to evaporation. Deserts are of two different types of, hot desert and cold deserts, hot desert occurs in tropical areas and cold deserts occur in the temperate areas or subarctic regions. Plants rarely found in desert areas due to the absence of water but some plant-like cacti, euphorbia, Alhagi, Capparis, Prosopis, etc found in a desert area with modification in their leaves. Crenuchus is a desert grass found abundantly.

Additional information:
Desert animals include ants, wasps, locust, scorpion, spiders, lizards, snakes, hare, fox, jackal, cats, and birds like quail and dove. Most of the animals live in a burrow during a hot period and some animals have physical adaptations like long vascular ears which helps them to cool down body temperature.
The largest hot desert in the world is the Sahara desert of northern Africa whereas the world’s largest cold desert is the Gobi desert of Asia. The Driest desert in the Atacama desert of Chile receives less than .08 inch of rain per year.

Note: Nowadays some semi-arid land is also converting into a desert due to deforestation, drought, and soil erosion. Growing urbanization causes deforestation at an alarming rate which results in desertification.