• Are deserts always hot?
  At night, deserts are often very cold. The temperature drops steeply ...

• Which desert animal has webbed feet?
  Most animals with webbed feet live near water. The web-footed gecko ...

• Do desert creatures ever sleep for long periods?
  Some desert creatures, such as tortoises, enter a deep sleep called ...

• What gets there in the end?
  Tortoises are slow but steady movers. Their short feet have long ...

• When do desert creatures go hunting?
  By day, the weather is too hot for most desert animals to hunt. ...

• Which desert creature has a built-in sunshade?
  Ground squirrels, of American and South African deserts, have long, ...

• Do slugs and snails have teeth?
  Not really. Snails and slugs have no jaws like ours, but they have ...

• How do snails move without legs?
  Snails move on a single thick pad of muscle known as the "foot." ...

• How do snails breathe?
  Slugs and snails have turned the wall of the mantle (the skin of the ...

• Where do slugs hang out in dry weather?
  We always see slugs in wet weather, but where do they go when it ...