The desert kangaroo rat is nocturnal, sleeping in deep burrows during the day. The black bear hibernates in caves in the forest during the winter months. How do these adaptive behaviors relate to the rat and bear's ecological niches?
•They both provide ways to evade harsh conditions and conserve energy.
•They both provide protection from predators and a place to store a large quantity of food.
•They both allow the organisms to adapt to the daily changes in local climate.
•They both provide protection, making it possible to produce larger numbers of offspring.