Why is the desert dry
Dr. Seuss-Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry? - The Cat in The Hat’s Learning Library Read by P’Dear
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the desert is why oh why oh why deserts
are dry the kind I had series again I
really like the series and it's pretty
nice so I want to I'm the Cat in the Hat
and today is the day that we're off to
see deserts let's leave right away you
may think that deserts are empty and
bare but you'll be surprised but the
things we'll find there insects and
lizards flowers and snow want to see for
yourself
buckle up and let's go why are deserts
dry I'd be glad to explain there are
very few clouds above them to bring rain
without clouds there is nothing to block
the sun's light or to hold the heat in
so it gets cold at night
the air is so dry any rain deserts get
dries up right away so they do not stay
wet without water
surviving in deserts is rough plants
insects and animals need to be tough
all living things need to have water so
how do they live where it's dry I will
show you right now desert plants must
find water some have ways to store it
roots spread out to find it or reach
deep down for it shallow roots of this
cactus pull water through them the
cactus then stores it inside of its stem
there's a tree in the desert that's
called a mesquite its roots reach for
water that's down
of 40 feet the Sonoran Desert is where
we will find a very big cactus that's
one-of-a-kind
it's called the Saguaro and I have been
told it could grow to be over 200 years
old a cactus
you see has deep pleats in its skin but
they will expand when the water flows in
it soaks up the water and then quickly
swells like a sponge
it's rosewater in some of its cells
sharp spines protect it just how do they
do it they make sure some animals won't
try to shoo it this Gila woodpecker
knows very well that a cactus will serve
as the perfect hotel she pecks a small
hole and then slips inside it's cool and
it gives her a safe place to hide when
she's ready to leave well I have little
doubt someone else won't move in after
she has moved out how do you insects get
water what some of them do is get water
that's inside the plants of a shoe these
desert insects are honeypot ants all
year long they collect the sweet nectar
from plants they store it inside them
and then they can feed it to ants who
are hungry whenever they need it the
Namib Desert gets rain rarely and yet
fog comes from the sea and makes
everything wet here the fog basking
beetle has a way to survive getting
water it means to help it stay alive it
tilts its abdomen up water droplets soon
slide down its body and into its mouth
open wide animals differ in the food
that they eat and the ways they keep
cool in the dry desert heat in the
daytime small animal
stay underground later on when it's
cooler they move above ground this cute
Phoenix Fox's furry sould feet help him
walk on hot sand his big ears lets out
heat kangaroos lick their arms to help
cool off their skin then each dig a hole
in the ground and climbs in we asked
this lizard how he spends his days each
morning he's warmed by the sun's gentle
rays by midday it's hotter and it's time
to hide he slips into his burrow and
goes deep inside in the late afternoon
he's back in the Sun it is not as hot
now and the days almost done then he's
back in his burrow to sleep through the
night he'll be up with the Sun just as
soon as it's light hawks eagles and
vultures fly high in the air they stay
off the ground
it's much cooler up there kangaroo rat
never drinks but she eats lots of seeds
the water inside them is all that she
needs Roadrunners can fly but they
usually run they catch lizards and
snakes in the hot desert sun the Sahara
Desert
geographers say is almost as big as the
whole USA here is the crown sand grouse
flies high in the sky miles and miles to
find water and I'll tell you why his
babies are thirsty and waiting for him
so when he finds water he quickly flies
in he soaks his feathers until they are
wet
this water is all that his babies will
get they drink from his feathers which
dry soon and then he must take to the
sky to find water again out here in the
desert when wind starts to blow there
are a few
plants to help hold the sand down and so
the wind blows the sand which forms into
dunes
it makes shapes in the sand like these
crescent moons
what's this moment wearing it's called a
burnoose it protects them from the Sun
it's long and it's loose
people called nomads spend their whole
lives here they move place to place and
keep moving all year in the Mojave
Desert plants bloom grow and die but
they leave seeds behind in the ground
and that's why when it rains these seeds
burst into flowers so bright
there's a rainbow of colors a beautiful
sight they will not live long but before
it is over there are lilius primroses
sunflowers owl clover some flowers stay
open only for one day
hummingbirds treat their nectar and then
fly away in the shimmering heat of the
Suns burning glare you might think you
see something that's not really there
this is called a mirage it's a bit like
a dream things you think you're seeing
are not what they seem when you get a
bit closer things fade out of sight they
were not there at all it's a trick of
the light in a dry dusty desert if you
suddenly see something green up ahead
like some plants or a tree this is
called an oasis where these plants are
growing somewhere in the ground there is
a water flowing some deserts are hot in
the sun's burning light but the
temperature falls and it gets cold at
night then the world comes alive with
owls foxes and bats coyote and rabbits
mice deer and rats nocturnal animals
come out and soon they search to find
food by the light of the moon before the
Sun rises they
all disappear you would think all the
animals were never here not all deserts
are hot the next place will go is Gobi
and here we will find ice and snow this
Bactrian camel is happy to meet you some
camels have one hump back treants have
two if he goes a long time without
eating or drinking his humps on his back
we'll start steadily shrinking there are
not filled with water but instead
contain fat when he can't eat or drink
he keeps going on that I filled my
bathtub and filled up my sink that's
about at one time what a camel can drink
he can drink 30 gallons of water and
then he can go a whole week before he
drinks again Antarctica is the largest
desert of all the air is so cold here
that rain does not fall this desert is
covered with ice and with snow the ice
never melts here and freezing winds blow
it is dark in the winter and cold
through the year though scientist visits
no people live here penguins have a way
to survive the cold weather they get
close to each other and huddle together
today you've seen things that few people
see and I am so happy you saw them with
me a desert it's true it's a harsh
habitat but I hope you've discovered
it's much more than that no day in a
desert is ever the same and once you've
been there you are glad that you came
the end
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