There is almost no water in desert, but many animals can live in deserts. How do these animals get water and stay alive?
Everything is hot and dry in the daytime, but the nights are cold. Plants often have dew on them in the early morning. This is because clod air can't hold as much water as hot air. Small insects can drink the dew. And bigger animals eat the plants with the dew on them. Small birds and animals get water from the bodies of insects. Bigger birds and animals get water from the bodies of small birds. Some animals can wait many years for water. When it rains, baby shrimps come out of their eggs. They grow quickly and lay new eggs. Then the water dries up, and the shrimps die. But the new eggs do not die. They wait in the ground for the next rain. They can wait for 50 years.
Most big animals can't live in the desert because they need a few liters of water everyday. They can't keep water in their bodies for a long time. But camels, the ship of the deserts, are different. they can drink 90 litries of water in ten minutes, and they drink nothing for a week.
