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Animal Homes

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Date __________________

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Animal Homes
People are not the only ones that build homes. Many animals design and build their homes. They are very skilled in their craft. They build their homes quickly and efciently. Animals consider their homes their family residence. It is the social unit formed by a family living together. They use their home of protection, storing food, and for shelter. Their home is their place of origin. They try to make it relaxed and comfortable. They want to live in harmony with their surroundings and use it as a base.
Think of an animal home, or do some research to learn of an animal home. Draw a picture of the home. Write the name of the animal on the line.

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Animal Homes
Animal homes differ greatly. Some animals like to live in the open. They only build their nests and homes when they need shelter, raise a family, or to protect themselves from the weather. Animals often choose the habitat or nest of other animals whose nests are already built. The barn owl chooses abandoned badger or coyote burrows. They like the burrows because they are already carpeted with fur pellets. Owls are great hunters and must change territories frequently. Beavers are excellent engineers. They protect themselves from bears and other animals. Beavers build their homes in water.

Color the picture of the beaver.

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Animal Homes
Beavers are excellent carpenters. All the members of the beaver family help to build their home. The beaver family shares the home. Beavers rst nd a still and deep pool. Sometimes it is very difcult to nd a pool so they must build their home in a river. First they build a dam by using branches and mud. Beavers need a lot of wood. They have very sharp front teeth. They can cut down a very large tree and drag the branches and sticks to the river. They ll the gaps with stones and mud so the water can not ow through.

Beavers are excellent carpenters.

They make a pile of branches very high so it stands above the water. They chew and gnaw tunnels into it. They make a very large room at the end of the tunnel. They live in this large room. The room is above the water so it is dry. They leave an opening in the top for air. The beaver home is called a lodge. When the water freezes in the winter the beavers cannon nd food. They eat food they have stored in the lodge. The biggest beaver dam is in the United States on the Jefferson River. It is about 2,300 feet long (700 meters).

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How do beavers build their homes? Write a little about this. Write your answer in complete sentences.

The Beavers Lodge

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Find a picture of a beavers lodge. Draw the picture here.

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Animal Homes
Many animals make big underground towns. The biggest towns are made by prairie dogs of North America. Prairie dogs make burrows undergrounds. A group of prairie dogs is called a colony. Each group has a certain number of families. The prairie dogs build a shaft at the entrance on the surface of the ground. At the end of each tunnel the prairie dog has a room called the sleeping chamber. Many other families build burrows with connection tunnels close to each other. It makes a huge underground town. The entrance to the burrows have mounds of earth piled up. They use these mounds as look out posts. The mounds also protect the entrances from rain and ooding. The oldest male of the family stands at the entrance watching for enemies. If he sees danger he yelps and warns other family members.

A prairie dog is a mammal. It barks like a dog.

Write your answer in a complete sentence.

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Many other small animals build their homes underground. Rabbits have more than one family that live together in a warren. Each rabbit has its own burrow which is joined to the rest by a tunnel. Baby rabbits live in a secret burrow. The secret burrow is lined with grass and fur. Only the baby rabbits mother knows where they are. The baby rabbits are kept safe and away from harm when they are in their burrow.

Draw a picture of what you think a rabbit home might look like.

Where do baby rabbits live? Write your answer in complete sentences.

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Animal Homes
Badgers live in burrows. They are very good housekeepers. They take their trash away from their burrow. Badgers are always xing and making their home better. They dig new burrows and bring in new grass and leaves to sleep on. They like to have everything in order and clean. During the day badgers stay underground. When it is dark they come out to nd worms and small animals to eat. Badgers sleep during the cold spells. They do not hibernate.

A fox also lives in a burrow. The home of a fox is dirty and untidy. A fox never cleans out the old bones or the litter. A fox gives birth to its young cubs in the spring. When the cubs are full grown they leave the home.

Write some sentences about what you learned above.

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Animal Homes
Gorillas build their homes each night. They wander around the jungle all day eating, playing, and climbing. When nightfall comes and the sun sets, it is time for them to go to bed. They must nd a place where they will make their nests for the night. Each night the gorilla makes a big, messy bed. Gorillas travel in troops. The leader of the troop build his bed rst. He nds branches, large leaves, sticks, and twigs. The gorilla tries to make his bed softer by adding large, soft leaves. When the leader gorilla is nished making his bed the others in the troop start to build their nests. They make their beds in the same way the leader makes his.

Write the word gorilla on the line. Color the picture.

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Animal Homes
Each adult, male gorilla likes to build his own nest. The oldest males in the troop make their nests on the ground. They weigh too much to climb and sleep in the trees. The younger, male gorillas weigh less than the older males. It is easier for them to climb trees. Each night the young males build their nests in the trees. The mother gorilla usually has one baby. She wants to take good card of her baby, and make a good, safe nest for it. It has to be a large nest. She weaves leaves, twigs, and sticks together. The nest is built safely between a fork in the tree.

Draw a picture of a gorilla asleep in its nest.

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Animal Homes
Squirrels nests are called dreys. They are built above the ground. It is a busy time for them when they must prepare their drey for the cold, winter months. A squirrels nest is made up of big balls of twigs, strips of bark, and remains of old nests. The drey has no entrance. A squirrel must push its way through the hole. It pushes leaves and twigs together to close


the hole after it leaves.

While squirrels build their homes they eat as much food as they can. When winter comes there is very little food outside. They do not like to leave their cozy, warm homes to look for food. Squirrels store cones and seeds. They work very hard nding and storing their food. Squirrels bury some of the seeds in the ground. The seeds will stay fresh in the ground. When the squirrels need to eat the seeds they will dig them up.

Write the answer on the line.

1. The nest of a squirrel is called a __________________________________.

2. A squirrels nest is made of ______________________________________. ______________________________________________ .

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Animal Homes
Write the answer to each question on the line.

1.

Animals design and _______________________ their own homes.

2.

Some animals like to live in the ___________________________ .

3.

Beavers are excellent __________________________________ .

4.

A group of prairie dogs is called a _________________________ .

5.

A squirrels home is called a ____________________________ .

6.

Badgers live in an underground

_________________________ .

7.

Gorillas build their nests on the ground and in _______________ .

8.

Baby rabbits live in a secret ______________________________ .

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Spelling
Print the correct spelling of the word on the line.

1. gorella

gorrela

gorilla

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2. beaver

beever

beaver

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3. suirreles

squirrels

squirrels

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4. borror

borruw

burrow

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5. priarie

prayrie

prairie

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Word Unscramble
Unscramble each word. Print the correct word on the line.

1. wrorub

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2. ohms

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3. rnab

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4. ester

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5. allorg

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6. slerquirs

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Find and circle these words in the word nd. They run down, across, and diagonally.

gorilla

badger

squirrels

hibernate

nests


caves

burrows

branches

lodge

dens prairie tunnels

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Animal Homes
Can you t these words into the criss cross? Use a pencil so you can erase if you need to.

gorilla
nest

squirrels

burrows

badger
caves

hibernate animal

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Answers
Page 14 - Word Unscramble - burrow, homes, barn, trees, gorilla, squirrels Page 15 - Word Find

Page 16 - Criss Cross

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Animal Homes
Answers
Word Unscramble burrow, homes, barn, trees gorilla, squirrels Criss Cross

Word Find

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