Welcome toAtacama desert! The driest ecosystem on earth 😯
As you can observe, the predominant habitat in Atacama desert is extremely arid, almost barren
Isn’t harder for organisms to survive in those conditions?
Hii! We are Humboldt penguins. We love it here near the ocean because the weather is super cold and fresh!
Exactly! That’s why species are so unique!! Like these penguins
Quite scary Huh!
Here we have the Culpeo fox, the largest predators of the whole desert!
Amazing!
And the giant hummingbird. A great consumer of tubular flowers which contain high sugar nectar
Now that we’ve discovered the great organisms that inhabit the desert, what could you tell us about the abiotic factors?
Uh, and a lot of sunlight too
Well, as you saw the desert is mostly covered by sand and therefore suffers from the worst dust storms. Additionally, there’s also a very small amount of water