Nesting birds
Nesters are a type of bird that weaves nests using grass and other things. There are about 145 species of this type of bird, mainly in Africa, Australia and South Asia, and a small number in Asia. They are gregarious birds and often build nests together, with about 300 pairs of nesters using hay and branches to build a nest, with different compartments. The nest can reach a height of up to 3 meters and a diameter of 4.5 meters. Nests woven by nest-weaving birds can be used permanently, and the deep nests are better insulated at night, and as long as the birds stay in the nest, they are not afraid of being frozen.
Brown gardener bird
The male will always do everything he can to attract the female, and he will build a delicate nest – a nest made of branches. It is surrounded by tunnels decorated with small objects such as berries, snail shells, feathers, flowers, fungal plants, glass, and bottle caps. If the female is impressed by this nest, she will mate with the male. What attracts the female is not only how much the male uses to build it, but also how unique these things are. Curiously, after mating, the female will build a nest on her own to raise offspring, without the male helping.
Brown stove bird
The brown stove bird inhabits secondary jungles, lawns and farmland, and lives in many groups. They are good at building round-arched mud nests, and because of their exquisite nesting, they have become the well-deserved architects of the animal kingdom. These sturdy nests prevent predators from preying, and once the nests are abandoned, other birds can continue to use them as their own shelter.
Yellow-breasted weaver bird
Yellow-breasted weavers often build nests above thorny palm trees, acacia trees, or bodies of water, making it difficult for predators to approach them. The nests of yellow-breasted weavers often appear in flocks, and sometimes individual nests are found.
Brown starling
Brown starlings are found off the coast of the Caribbean, from Mexico to Panama, but also in Nicaragua and Honduras and northwestern Costa Rica. Brown starling populations are generally dominated by males and are polygamous. During the breeding season, a basket-shaped bird's nest with overhangs made from vines and other woven 60 to 180 cm long is used. The female is responsible for nesting, and the female flock generally has 30 nests, each nest lays 2 eggs, and the incubation period is 15 days. The hanging nests they build and weave, on a large scale and with great skill, are a major landscape in South America.
swallow
Swallows use a variety of materials to build nests, and some even do not build nests at all, choosing to nest in nests that they have found or abandoned. Some species of swallows mainly rely on their own saliva to build their nests, which is what we often call bird's nest, which is a delicious dish in the minds of many people.
bee
The bee's nest is not built from branches, but from the wax it secretes, and the bee lives in the hive for the rest of its life, handling food and raising offspring.
wasp
Most wasps don't actually build nests, preferring to live alone or parasitize on other animals. But there are still social wasps who will use saliva, resin and other materials to build elegant nests. The structure of the inside of the nest is similar to that of a honeycomb, but the composition material is different, and the whole looks like a nest wrapped in paper.
Stone moth
When stone moths need to pupate, they make strong cocoons from small stones, sand, shells, and other debris from lake or riverbeds. If the material is too large, they quickly cut it into the right shape with a powerful double jaw, and then they use saliva as glue to glue the various building materials together by secreting a filamentous liquid. Stone moths will glue these things into their mobile homes. As a small house built by a master of disguise, he can often fool the hungry predators and ensure that he can grow up safely.
Compass termites
There is a unique landscape in Australia, that is, the tall ant nests built by compass termites, and on the vast ground, there are different nests of different sizes, which is very spectacular. One of the unique features of the compass termite nest is that it can maintain a constant temperature, no matter what the external temperature is, the temperature in the nest is always maintained between 30 ° C and 32 ° C, which is definitely a cool air-conditioned room in the hot summer.
After research, the nest of the compass termite is divided into two layers (or loft structure), which looks like a mud tower on the outside, and the section of the mud tower is wedge-shaped, like a compass, which accurately indicates the north-south direction, laying the groundwork for adjusting the temperature. In the morning and evening, when the light is weak, the wide position of the nest faces the sun to absorb as much heat as possible; at noon, the narrower part of the nest faces the sun to prevent overheating in the nest. They even know how to adjust the width and narrowness of the passage in the nest according to the change of temperature, which is convenient for adjusting the air flow, and they have to sigh their cleverness!
ant
Ants use their jaws to dig holes in the ground and build their nests by transporting sand grain by grain by grain. The "room" of the ant nest will remain in its original form unless the soil is severely dried. Ant research expert Walter Chilgel modeled the nest. He poured liquid metal, wax or orthodontic plaster into the ant nest, coagulated it and dug it out. According to his observations, the area closest to the surface has the most ant chambers, and the deeper the depth, the fewer the ant chambers and the smaller the area. "In order to do this, ants have to understand their depth relative to the ground," he said. But how they "work" remains a mystery. Chilgail speculates that ants may measure depth by sensing carbon dioxide levels in the soil.
Curly leaf spider
Many spiders are good at weaving webs, and in addition to weaving a good web, the Australian curling leaf spider will also build a "villa" from recycled materials. They select the better quality dead leaves, coat them with a layer of silk, and finally roll the leaves into a comfortable retreat, with the top closed and the bottom opening. The curly leaf spider suspends the leaf house in the middle of the spider web, and then hides inside, waiting for the prey to take the initiative to come to the door. When breeding the next generation, the female spiders build another curling house that acts as a nursery, hanging it from leaves not far from the spider's web.
Silkhenge spider
The mysterious structure found in the Peruvian Amazon resembles a spire surrounded by a fence of white spikes, or a crown woven with silk thread. In fact, this small white tower is a fence specially built by adult Silkhenge spiders to protect the safety of baby spiders.
beaver
Beavers bite off large trees and use them to build levees. Around the dike, they also build enclosed ponds, and then build winter houses in the ponds. Incredibly, the beaver is also a good carpenter and knows how to protect against wind and rain. Every year, they cover their huts with mud in preparation for the arrival of winter. Mud "coats" act as reinforcement to act as a barrier against low temperatures and predators.