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- Amazing Photographs Of Group Of Animals
Here’s a collection of wonderful photos of groups of animals. An Army of Crab Image Source A Colony of Royal Penguin Image Source A Shoal of Surgeonfish Image Source Snow Goose Gaggle Image Source A School of Anchovies Image Source A Herd of Goats...
- Unusual And Fancy But Somehow Interesting Collective Names Of Animals
Here are some of the most peculiar collective names of different animal species in the world. Do Rooks construct building? Well, you should really wonder because a group of Rook is called “building”. Image Source A group of Hawk is called “kettle”...
- The Most Beautiful And Spectacular Nests In The World
Nests are important to many birds and other animals to keep their eggs and to provide a place to live or raise offspring. Nests are usually made of some organic material like, grass, leaves, twigs or simply a depression in the ground, or a hole in a...
- Amazingly Bizarre Facts About Extraordinary Arthropods In The World
Arthropods are invertebrate animals having exoskeleton (external skeleton), segmented body, and jointed appendages. Scorpions, butterflies, crabs, centipedes and many others are examples of Arthropods. Arthropods can be found anywhere in the world. There...
- These Animals Are Simply Amazing
Some species of animals are incredibly unique and fantastic. Here are some of the peculiar species in the animal kingdom. Image Source How long can you hold your breath? I will give you $1 million if you can beat the Weddell Seal. This fantastic creature...
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Unique Methods of Building and Construction in the Animal World
Some species of animals have unique methods of creating their homes or in building their nest. What are the materials they used? Let’s find out who are the greatest carpenters and engineers in the animal world.
If Termites were like humans, a single human sized termite can make a building bigger than the Empire State Building, with only dirt, dung and saliva. They are truly amazing; the mounds they live in can be even taller than a giraffe which is equivalent to 2 story building.
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Bees are great builders and designers. They build one of the most beautiful houses in the animal world. They carefully build witty hives.
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Although Wasps are dreaded animals for their venomous stings these creatures are fantastic builders. They build fortress of paper
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Weaver Ants are amazing creatures. They are known for their unique nest building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk.
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Burying Beetles make home out of the dead for their young and the male’s home attracts the mate. They bury the carcasses of small vertebrates like birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae. They are also known as Sexton Beetles.
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Woodpeckers dig a nest hole using their powerful beak, usually in a live poplar or pine tree where the female lays four or more eggs. Some species create nest in cacti plants.
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Carpenter Ants prefer dead, damp wood in which to build nests. However, they do not eat it, unlike Termites. Sometimes Carpenter Ants will hollow out sections of trees.
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Badgers build home called Badger Sett. This Badger’s den is usually consisting of a network of tunnels that can accommodate 15 or more animals, with up to 300 meters of tunnels and as many as 40 openings. It takes many years for the animals to dig these large setts.
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Male Sticklebacks build house with kidney glue and fans eggs with fins.
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Parrotfish builds homes of snot and slime. They don't last very long.
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Nautilus builds its own underwater mobile home that can withstand being under 1,500 ft (460 m) of water pressure.
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The Decorator Crab’s mobile home is sea floor bits.
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See also
- 20 World’s Most Unique Traditional Houses
- Bizarre Nesting and Egg-laying Behavior of Animals
- Amazingly Interesting Facts About Peculiar Birds' Nests
- Names of Animal Nests
- Amazing Photographs Of Group Of Animals
Here’s a collection of wonderful photos of groups of animals. An Army of Crab Image Source A Colony of Royal Penguin Image Source A Shoal of Surgeonfish Image Source Snow Goose Gaggle Image Source A School of Anchovies Image Source A Herd of Goats...
- Unusual And Fancy But Somehow Interesting Collective Names Of Animals
Here are some of the most peculiar collective names of different animal species in the world. Do Rooks construct building? Well, you should really wonder because a group of Rook is called “building”. Image Source A group of Hawk is called “kettle”...
- The Most Beautiful And Spectacular Nests In The World
Nests are important to many birds and other animals to keep their eggs and to provide a place to live or raise offspring. Nests are usually made of some organic material like, grass, leaves, twigs or simply a depression in the ground, or a hole in a...
- Amazingly Bizarre Facts About Extraordinary Arthropods In The World
Arthropods are invertebrate animals having exoskeleton (external skeleton), segmented body, and jointed appendages. Scorpions, butterflies, crabs, centipedes and many others are examples of Arthropods. Arthropods can be found anywhere in the world. There...
- These Animals Are Simply Amazing
Some species of animals are incredibly unique and fantastic. Here are some of the peculiar species in the animal kingdom. Image Source How long can you hold your breath? I will give you $1 million if you can beat the Weddell Seal. This fantastic creature...