what can live in a grassland

Animals have special adaptations... These help them live in a grassland... Giraffes’ long necks help them reach food.... What other adaptations help animals live in a grassland?... They

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by Sheila Anderson

A grassland is a habitat.

It is where plants and

animals live.

Animals have special

adaptations.

These help them live in a

grassland.

Bison have flat teeth for eating grass.

Their thick coats keep them

warm during winter.

Zebras have striped coats.

Lions hunt zebras But they

can’t see stripes The stripes

Ostriches have long legs for running.

They use their claws to

defend themselves.

Giraffes’ long necks help them reach food.

Termites build mud homes

to stay cool.

Elephants have long trunks.

They use their trunks to pull

up grass.

Brown coats make lions hard to see in dry grass.

What other adaptations help animals live in a grassland?

Badger Adaptations

Learn More about

Adaptations

Badgers hunt mostly at night

They use sharp teeth to eat

small animals Badgers use

long, strong claws to dig holes

in the earth This is where

the badger sleeps Mother

badgers also build nests for

their babies in the holes

Fun Facts

Prairie dogs have sharp front teeth for chewing grasses

They use claws to dig tunnels

Ground squirrels have striped coats that help them hide in dry grass.

Cheetahs have long, powerful legs They run fast to catch other animals that they will eat.

The wings and good eyesight

of vultures help them find food

as they fly over grasslands

Naked mole rats use large

front teeth to dig tunnels

Golden eagles have sharp,

hooked bills for eating small

animals

Kangaroos can jump long

distances using their powerful

back legs.

The rhinoceros has a large

horn on its nose This horn

helps it fight against hunters.

A grouse’s spotted brown

feathers help it blend into a

grassland.

adaptations – things that

help a plant or animal live

in a specific habitat

claws – the sharp points

found on the hands and toes of animals

coats – layers of fur habitat – where a plant or

animal lives

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Anderson, Sheila

What can live in a grassland? / by Sheila Anderson

p cm — (First step nonfiction Animal adaptations)

Includes index

ISBN 978–0–7613–4574–9 (lib.bdg : alk paper)

1 Grassland animals—Adaptation—Juvenile literature I Title

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