Can endangered animals change their habits to survive? If so, which animals do, or do all?

Answer 1

Most species evolve to survive. Sometimes endangered animals don't get the chance to evolve.

Answer 2

Species can adopt different behavior to survive adverse conditions. This is part of natural selection, which is the process by which species over time survive environmental change. There is no easy way to know if a particular species will do so, though in general, the more that a species is specialized in their ecosystem (has a narrowly defined niche) and the less they are adapted (well suited to their environment), the harder it will be to change. An example would be a species that lives or feeds in a particular type of tree, versus one that lives/feeds in several types of trees. If the particular type of tree is threatened, the first species has a lower likelihood of survival. Another would be a species recently arrived to an ecosystem versus one that has been in place for a long time.

True change of a species' habits (what they eat, how they mate, where they live, etc.) is harder than just happening to have a wide tolerance for change. This can involve what we usually think of when dealing with evolution (an example would be moths that changed color to fit in with 19th century British pollution, avoiding being eaten by birds and insects as did the types not blending with the now darkly colored environment).

Such sudden change is rare. All species have a chance, as genetic mutations and normal variation levels can introduce changes to any species. This is natural selection, the normal process by which favorable genetic traits become prevalent.

In addition, natural selection takes place over generations. Species that produce more offspring and that have shorter generations will have a greater chance to evolve.

In recent time, the Earth has seen a massive spike in extinctions due to human interaction with the environment (habitat destruction, pollution, hunting, climate change, etc.). These causes often result in species that have a decreased chance of adapting (see the definition in the link below). The endangered species are fighting multiple factors, and are much less likely to be adapted and have the chance to survive the environmental changes.

When a species is placed on an official endangered species list, it is typically because populations have dwindled to levels where they are not likely to be viable - they show continued inability to reproduce fast enough as compared to their mortality to the environmental factors (bald eagle deaths due to DDT poisoning, for example) and require protection to survive. These species are very unlikely to evolve in time, thus the protection provided by governments and international bodies.

Answer 3

Not really the animals are endangered because they are loosing their habitat ,which means their food and shelter and crucial temperature changes.

you are talking about evolution ,which takes millions of years for species to adjust to different climatic conditions .

here we are talking about 50 years

Of the earth's estimated 10 million species, 300,000 have vanished in the past 50 years. each years, 3,000 to 30,000 species become extinct.

Animals that are flexible with their habits are omnivores ,like Crows ,coyote ravens ,wilddogs
all animals who live on the edges of civilization ,

jungle or forrest animals die when they wake up in a dessert with out food or shelter.

and many are also endangered because humans sell them as they run into them whilst clearing the jungles or eat them .

many species are dying because of subtle changes in temperatures which kills their food or because their waters have become contaminated


some more stuff in my answer to this question
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As5Or7pWeaRaVr06Z5cZBvjsy6IX?qid=20070522222913AAPFuci&show=7#profile-info-eQtoQGA5aa

Answer 4

They can but it takes a long time for an animal to adapt or change their style of living, and when theres humans tearing down their homes by the masses they dont have enough time. Also they cant adapt to being shot in the head or killed.

Answer 5

None, we move to fast for them to adapt

Answer 6

of course they can,all of them can, some need more some less time...