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kuhliloach
08-17-2008, 9:39 PM
i was just curious, which animals have good building skills besides humans?
i know beavers build dams
bees build hives
spiders build webs and trapdoor holes
caddisfly larvae build their own shells
some birds and primates build nests
caterpillairs build cacoons
but what else?
cam191919
08-17-2008, 9:45 PM
ants would definitly be the best, some guys poured concrete into one massive ant hill and when the escavated it it looked like some kinda ufo. ill try to find a pic.
cam191919
08-17-2008, 9:48 PM
heres a cool one
http://thinkorthwim.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/ant-nest-plaster-cast.jpg (http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=display-figures&name=i1536-2442-4-21-1-f01)
this is the one i was talking about
http://thinkorthwim.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/ant-city-2.png
http://thinkorthwim.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/ant-city-1.png
austinpetemo
08-17-2008, 9:48 PM
gouramis build bubblenests
cam191919
08-17-2008, 9:50 PM
packrats have big nests, and alligators dig out ther own private ponds. not to mention the complexity of a termite mound
kuhliloach
08-17-2008, 9:51 PM
search tall termite mounds, some of those are really amazing!
kuhliloach
08-17-2008, 11:55 PM
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-S6LIKRGoCA/R42AJgwTzEI/AAAAAAAABC0/SaJ3Jarn4VU/Litchfield+National+Park+005.JPG
kuhliloach
08-18-2008, 12:07 AM
not for their own benifet but... http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/which-animals-build-their-own-islands
Alan R
08-18-2008, 3:29 AM
Fire ants build mounds. Usually in my yard.
The largest structure made by animals is the great barrier reef.
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