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The animals there contend with little water and poor food resources. The animals of shifting-sand deserts also must move on and in loose sand and cannot construct unsupported burrows. Most are invertebrates, but the deserts also are home to many vertebrate species, mainly lizards. We describe the biomechanics of their locomotion on and in the sand. Some are quiescent buriers that remain near the surface, but remarkably, small desert mammals can swim to depths of more than 500\u00a0mm. Diurnally active animals retreat into the sand beneath their feet to avoid overheating in summer and freezing in winter, but burial and emergence are not determined by selection of the best thermal or hygric environment. We address the conundrum of why so many species that are active in the sun are black. The sand provides a fortress that resists invasion, but from which the residents cannot escape. The animals are under threat from climate change and from human use and abuse of the shifting-sand deserts, even though the sand is unsuitable for concrete. We argue that efforts to combat desertification do not absolve us from a need to conserve shifting-sand deserts. 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