Animal Lives Animals face many challenges in their lives From the moment they are old enough to look after themselves they have to work hard to survive They must search for food They need to escape from hungry predators They have to find or make safe homes so they can shelter from the weather and hide from danger When they become adults animals must attract mates so they can have young Some animals travel to faraway breeding grounds to have their young After they hatch or are born many young need to be protected and cared for until they too are old enough to survive on their own To face the challenge of sheltering from the weather this elf owl has made a home in a hole in a tree made by a
Homes All animals need homes in which to live A home provides shelter from the weather and protection from predators An animal can live in the same home all year if it is near food water and other animals of the same type An animal moves from its home if it Did You Know needs to find food water or a mate Some animals make a special home such as a nest in which to raise In this book you will find their young out about I bats that make tents out of leaves Different Types of Homes a fish that live in burrows I insects that make gigantic Different animals live in different types of homes mounds Some animals live in plants or under logs or rocks I mammals that build huge homes in lakes Some animals build homes They find housing materials such as leaves or sticks or make their own materials such as beeswax or silk Storks make huge nests out of
Flow Chart Building a Nest Village Weaver Village weavers are birds that live in colonies in hot dry parts of Africa The males weave globe shaped nests out of grasses and other plants Several male village weavers build their nests in a tree Each male chooses a branch from which his nest will hang He then lands beside fresh green grass snips off a long thin strip and flies back to the branch he has chosen When the nest is finished the male village weaver hangs upside down under it and flaps his wings to attract a female A female chooses a male that has a fresh green
In the breeding season most birds build nests to raise their young The male village weaver makes a thin vertical ring out of strips of grass He uses several different stitches and knots to weave the strips of grass together S The male village weaver adds more strips of grass to the vertical ring He makes a rounded nesting chamber and an
