wild animals in the UAE

Due to the harsh weather in the UAE, it is hard to imagine that there are animals that can withstand the burning heat and if it is really a dead land that doesn’t have a single life.  many of them assume that animals can’t survive in this country, they think that camels and Falcons are the two main species living in these grounds. However, people can be surprised to find a wide range of animal native in these grounds. Including camels, falcons, species of birds, scorpion, snakes, Foxes, cats, oryxes, wolves, owls, and rodents. These animals have developed a way to cope with the burning heat from the sun and from the hot sand dunes. The most important factor is that

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many animals that live in the sand dunes can survive without water for months. Another thing is that these animals don’t get burned while waking by the heat of the sand dunes. Moreover, many of these animals live underground in bushes and small trees. This creates more heat, but they found a way to survive. The UAE offers a variety of habitats for many of these animals. The climate in the UAE is a combination of flora and fauna, in other words, it is a mixture of wildlife and greenery. This help attracts many animals to their natural habitat. There are different habitats in the UAE. Such as the coast, offshore islands, mangrove areas, mudflats, salt pans, sand and gravel plains, sand dunes, mountain slopes, wadis, and rocky summits.