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  2. Organisms at high altitude - Wikipedia

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    An Alpine chough in flight at 3,901 m (12,799 ft). Organisms can live at high altitude, either on land, in water, or while flying.Decreased oxygen availability and decreased temperature make life at such altitudes challenging, though many species have been successfully adapted via considerable physiological changes.

  3. Extremophile - Wikipedia

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    The bright colors of Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, are produced by thermophiles, a type of extremophile.. An extremophile (from Latin extremus 'extreme' and Ancient Greek φιλία (philía) 'love') is an organism that is able to live (or in some cases thrive) in extreme environments, i.e., environments with conditions approaching or stretching the limits of what known ...

  4. Tardigrade - Wikipedia

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    Tardigrades are among the most resilient animals known, with individual species able to survive extreme conditions – such as exposure to extreme temperatures, extreme pressures (both high and low), air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation – that would quickly kill most other known forms of life.

  5. Category:Animals by adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Animals with only two limbs (2 C, 2 P) V. Venomous animals (6 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Animals by adaptation" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 ...

  6. Discover the Incredible Adaptations That Help Reindeer Thrive ...

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    There is little food for animals to eat in the Arctic. Reindeer utilize their powerful hooves and antlers to sift through snow and ice and eat foods such as: Grasses. Bushes. Lichen. Sedges. Birch ...

  7. Adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Many aspects of an animal or plant can be correctly called adaptations, though there are always some features whose function remains in doubt. By using the term adaptation for the evolutionary process, and adaptive trait for the bodily part or function (the product), one may distinguish the two different senses of the word. [14] [15] [16] [17]

  8. Wildlife of Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    The large animals often migrate between the two, and smaller animals are expected to be able to spread via underwater currents. [8] However, among smaller marine animals generally assumed to be the same in the Antarctica and the Arctic, more detailed studies of each population have often—but not always—revealed differences, showing that ...

  9. The Most Extreme - Wikipedia

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    The Most Extreme is a documentary television series on the American cable television network Animal Planet.It first aired on July 7, 2002. Each episode focuses on a specific animal feature, such as strength, speed, behavior, anatomy, or diet, and examines and ranks ten animals that portray extreme or unusual examples of that quality.