Water creates a survival problem for all desert Animals, animals have an additional problem they are more susceptible to extremes of temperature as opposed to plants. Animals receive heat directly by radiation from the sun, and indirectly, by conduction from the substrate. A good example of this is the desert tortoise. Other animals such as the Wood rats and Snakes get there water from what they eat. For instance the Wood rats will get there water from eating juicy cacti and other plants that contain moisture.

The Kangaroo Rat will chemic manufacture water called metabolic water from dry seeds as they are being digested. An interesting thing some animals do to get through hot weather is to just sleep through it. This is a method know as estivation, this may sound familiar because some cold weather animal are known for sleeping out the cold.

Some animals such as the spadefoot toads well spend the majority of there life in estivation only to come out when they are awaken by the vibrations of rain on the ground up above them. They then climb to the surface to find a mate and lay eggs in a pool made by the rain the tadpoles must grow fast, before the pool drys up. Only a small percent survive to adulthood.

Other animals such as the wild burros who were introduced to the west by man inhabit this area. Even throe they were not originally from this area the rangers of the Red Rock Canyon still have a responsibility for the health of these animals and try to control there population.

The Golden eagle is one of the flying creaters at the Red Rock Cayon park.

Here are just a few more desert animals jack rabbit, , pacific tree frog, horned lizard, road runner.