When you look up in the stars, you might believe there are aliens out there, or you might not. Well, nobody really knows wether there is life out there or not, but they know one thing: they all need liquid to survive. There could be life out there that is in a different universe; one that can only be reached by a black hole, but let’s take a look at life on Earth.
Desert Heat
Well, you’ve probably heard of a desert, but do you know how hard it is to survive out there? Cacti only need water about twice a year, but that’s because they’re plants. How did anything evolve to live out here? It’s hard to tell...
Rain, Rain, Rain
Sometimes there can be too much water. Such places include rainforests, etc. How
do these animals survive without getting sick, because, as you might already know, water is actually a form of poison! Usually monkeys dwell here in the trees, and their lush canopies shield them from getting soaked to the bone. Animals that claim the ground their home, like bugs and insects, usually stay in logs, caves, or nooks and crannies in the ground, to save themselves from slipping on the wet muddy, ground.
Frozen Feet
Probably one of the roughest habitats yet, we now head to the polar spots of the world: The North and South Poles. Here, animals and creatures need small body features, hard shells or thick fur to survive, otherwise the snow will hurt them badly. One of the weirdest polar sea creatures is the Tully Monster, a strange snake-like fish with a mouth on a 3 metre stalk, two eyes fixed to two other stalks, and also a long, thin body.
Staying in the sea now, and we’re visiting the place where more people have visited the moon than gone down here: the Mariana Trench. Here, the water pressure is so heavy it feels like there are 50 jets stacked on top of you, and nobody has the answer to why the small glow-in-the-dark fish aren’t immediately crushed to bits. Also, on the strange side of life here, some of these creatures that look like they are jelly, could pop if the pressure gets too low. Why? Nobody knows.
Going over 2,000 metres above water now, and you might not think of it as a place for animals, but yes, the sky is home to lots of beings too. Mainly, they are birds, probably because a non-flying animal would plummet to their death in less than a second, but today we’re zooming in on the eagle. Eagles are huge birds with a wingspan of 3 metres or over, which usually make nests high above the clouds. The reason they do this is because bigger beings, such as falcons or hawks, could eat, kill or steal their babies.
Desert Heat
Well, you’ve probably heard of a desert, but do you know how hard it is to survive out there? Cacti only need water about twice a year, but that’s because they’re plants. How did anything evolve to live out here? It’s hard to tell...
A well-known desert creature is a scorpion, an animal that has a deadly stinger to catch its prey, but does not need all that much water. It usually sucks the wetness out of the dead animal to get water, or hide in abandoned towns where there could have been water.
Sometimes there can be too much water. Such places include rainforests, etc. How
do these animals survive without getting sick, because, as you might already know, water is actually a form of poison! Usually monkeys dwell here in the trees, and their lush canopies shield them from getting soaked to the bone. Animals that claim the ground their home, like bugs and insects, usually stay in logs, caves, or nooks and crannies in the ground, to save themselves from slipping on the wet muddy, ground.
Frozen Feet
Probably one of the roughest habitats yet, we now head to the polar spots of the world: The North and South Poles. Here, animals and creatures need small body features, hard shells or thick fur to survive, otherwise the snow will hurt them badly. One of the weirdest polar sea creatures is the Tully Monster, a strange snake-like fish with a mouth on a 3 metre stalk, two eyes fixed to two other stalks, and also a long, thin body.
Staying in the sea now, and we’re visiting the place where more people have visited the moon than gone down here: the Mariana Trench. Here, the water pressure is so heavy it feels like there are 50 jets stacked on top of you, and nobody has the answer to why the small glow-in-the-dark fish aren’t immediately crushed to bits. Also, on the strange side of life here, some of these creatures that look like they are jelly, could pop if the pressure gets too low. Why? Nobody knows.
Going over 2,000 metres above water now, and you might not think of it as a place for animals, but yes, the sky is home to lots of beings too. Mainly, they are birds, probably because a non-flying animal would plummet to their death in less than a second, but today we’re zooming in on the eagle. Eagles are huge birds with a wingspan of 3 metres or over, which usually make nests high above the clouds. The reason they do this is because bigger beings, such as falcons or hawks, could eat, kill or steal their babies.
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