Mostly because of all the plants and animals that call the desert home. Some animals that live in the hot desert are cold-blooded, like snakes, insects, and lizards. Mammals that live in the desert are usually small, such as the kangaroo rat and kit fox. Sometimes it's hard to survive in the desert.
Las Plumas (Spanish for The Feathers; Latin: plÅ«ma feather) is a former settlement in Butte County, California.
The population was 14,565 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of San Miguel County. Las Vegas was established in 1835 after a group of settlers received a land grant from the Mexican government.