Arctic Ocean Animals Adaptations
Artic foxes eat a wide range of other small animals including arctic hares birds and bird eggs rodents fish and seals.
Arctic ocean animals adaptations. Sharks are very good at finding food. Ask students for other examples of each type of adaptation. Adaptations of animals living in the Arctic.
Arctic fox - ermine - lemming - arctic hare. Antarctic animal adaptations penguins seals krill whales. For marine life the Arctic Ocean is a unique place to live.
It is inaccessible due to ice coverage and therefore the marine ecology of the Arctic Ocean is poorly known Blix 2005. Animals depend on their physical structure to help them find and eat food to build shelters to protect from predators and to reproduce. An example of a biological adaptation is a polar bears thick fur which protects it from freezing temperatures.
Arctic ground squirrel - birds - whales - harp seal - walrus. They have streamlined bodies to help them swim fast and gills that suck the oxygen out of the water so they can breathe. Some marine mammals such as whales migrate over large distances and may spend time in a combination of arctic tropical and temperate waters.
Some of the most amazing adaptations are from ocean animals like sharks jellies starfish stingrays and dolphins. From color changing coats to layers of blubber these animals are prepared for the coldest of winters. Animals have to be well adapted for survival in this extreme habitat.
The Arctic Ocean is probably the least studied of the world oceans. They are adapted this way not so much to conserve heat as animals do but to conserve water. Seasonal migration is an example of a behavioral adaptation.