s ofanimals can all live together. But this is actually the cause of the huge number of thedifferent species. The main secret lies in the ability of many animals to adapt to eating aspecific plant or animal, which few other species are able to eat. An example of suchadaptations would be the big beaks of the toucans and parrots. Their beaks give them agreat advantage over other birds with smaller beaks. The fruits and nuts from many treeshave evolved with a tough shell to protect them from predators. In turn toucans andparrots developed large, strong beaks, which serves as a nutcracker and provides themwith many tasty meals.Many animal species have developed relationships with each other that benefit bothspecies. Birds and mammal species love to eat the tasty fruits provided by trees. Even fishliving in the Amazon River rely on the fruits dropped from forest trees. Then, the fruittrees depend upon these animals to eat their fruit, which helps them to spread their seedsto far - off parts of the forest. In some cases both species are so dependent upon eachother that if one becomes extinct, the other will as well. This nearly happened with treesthat relied on the now extinct dodo birds. They once roamed Mauritius, a tropical islandlocated in the Indian Ocean. They became extinct during the late 19th century whenhumans overhunted them. The calvaria tree stopped sprouting seeds soon after. Scientistsfinally concluded that, for the seeds of the calvaria tree to sprout, they needed to bedigested by the dodo bird. By force feeding the seeds to a domestic turkey, who digestedthe seeds the same way as the dodo bird, the trees were saved. Unfortunately, humans willnot be able to save each species in this same way.Each species has evolved with its own set of unique adaptations, ways of helpingthem to survive. Every animal has the ability to protect itself from being someones nextmeal. To prevent the extinction of a species each and every species mus...
