I’m glad you’ve decided to join me for this episode of the No Sweat Nature Study Podcast! Today we’re going to visit a very unique habitat to see life under rocks!
Would you want to live under a rock? Besides the uncomfortable heaviness of a rock, it sure seems like it would be a damp, dark place to live, doesn’t it? I might consider living in a cave (which is a hole in a rock) if I really needed to for a short time, but actually living under a rock isn’t even a possibility.
Surprisingly, though, the underside of a rock can be quite the comfortable habitat for some life!
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What does the soil look like under a rock?
Have you ever lifted a rock before to peek underneath? What did you notice about the soil? Unless the weather was really dry, if you were observing clay or loam soil you probably noticed the soil was damp and cool. This is because a rock blocks the sun’s rays from the soil and there is, in turn, less evaporation. If you were observing sandy soil, you may not have noticed the soil as damp or cool because sandy soil drains water so fast.
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