Mammal Homes
The winter wind howls. Snow falls in thick flakes. Rain soaks the ground. Hungry animals prowl. Some mammals don’t need a house of any kind. Whales don’t. Neither do many mammals with hoofs, such as elk and moose.
Some mammals look for shelter only at night or when they are giving birth. Most monkeys, for example, sleep in trees. The elephant looks for a hidden spot in which to have her baby.
But some mammals make houses to keep out the sun, wind, snow – or other animals. A beaver’s house of branches and twigs is often built in a pond. The top of the house freezes in winter, keeping out the cold and the other animals. But the bottom of the house doesn’t freeze. The beaver can go in and out to get the food it has stored there. Every animal’s house is just right for the animal that lives in it.
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