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The Animals in Desert Some
desert animals can survive the very strong summer heat and dryness because they
have very unusual characteristics. The camel, for example, can (1)
an increase in the temperature of its body and its blood of 9~℃. In
addition, it can drink an enormous (2) water at one time,
then store sufficient water in its red blood cells and other parts of its body
to supply its needs for two weeks or more. The kangaroo rat, on the other
hand, (3) all the water it needs from water that it produces
during respiration. However, most animals need to (4) a
fairly constant body temperature, and will die if it rises more than 5 ℃.
(5) , they need to find some way to avoid the strong sunrays.
Nor can many animals either store or produce water in their bodies, as the camel
and kangaroo rat (6) . So they must find ways to (7)
water loss from
