Being a very angry cloud, he would drop all of his rain right on India, leaving everything behind the Himalayas, like the Gobi desert dry. When most people think of the desert, they think of camels, snakes and lizards as being the only animals that live in the desert. Really, there are many more animals living in the desert. There are coyotes, foxes, peccaries, tarantulas, scorpions, ring tailed cats, antelope, skunks, mule deer, boars, and in some places, lions and elephants. There is an abundance of small animals that support the deserts population of hawks, falcons, owls, roadrunners, buzzards, and eagles.
Wood peckers make their homes in the large cactuses.
Here in the Oregon desert, you can find bobcats and chipmunks and woodchucks among the sycamores. Most of the animals that live in the deserts have adapted to the desert life very well. All desert dwellers have adapted to conserve water, food and energy. The camel is an example. The camel is one of the best survivors in the desert.