White Rat Adaptations on McNeil Island Part 1
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Shows physical adaptations of fur color and hands.
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- Physical Adaptation - Fur
- Whew! Thank goodness I've adapted to look like the ground. That otter won't spot me.
- Lunch!
- 150 years ago on McNeil Island
- Physical Adaptation - Fur/Pellage
- Supper time!
- Don't worry babies. You were born with pellage matching the ground. The fox can't see you.
- 125 years ago on McNeil Island
- Physical Adaption - Hands &Behavioral Adaptation - Habitat
- I'm arboreal. Where will I live? There aren't any trees.
- My extra thumb helps me burrow into the ground where I can live. Now I'm terricolous.
- 100 years ago onMcNeil Island
- Physical Adaption - Tail
- Too bad there are no trees to climb for those other rats with the long tails.
- They're always standing up, making it easier for predators to spot them.
- I wish I had a shorter tail like the other rats.
- 75 years ago onMcNeil Island
- Physical Adaptation - Vision & Whiskers
- Watch out!
- I sense danger, but I don't see anything.
- I'm so glad my brothers' and my eyesight is better than my cousins'. We can see predators before they attack.
- 25 to 50 years ago onMcNeil Island
- Physical Adaptation - Teeth
- My teeth are so low maintenance. Thankfully, they've stopped growing continually since we don't have to gnaw all of the time.
- Currently onMcNeil Island
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