Animal Homes

Animals make different types of homes. They make homes in different ways. Beavers, swiftlets, and honeybees are three examples of animals that make astonishing homes.

How beavers build their homes is amazing^v. [6]They are called lodges. The beavers, who are smart, build at night because it’s safer. They start building their homes by quickly^-ly chopping down wood with their sharp^adj teeth. [3]Eagerly they work, like an ant gathering food for winter. They stack branches around and in the water, making the only entrance underwater^adj. Beavers make very amazing homes.

The swiftlet’s nest is very odd and expensive. Swiftlets, which^w/w are a kind of bird, make their homes with their spit. First, the male swiftlet finds a cave and traces the outline of the nest with spit. Then, the male and female work diligently^-ly together, taking turns putting saliva down to make the strange^adj nest. All the layers of saliva they make harden^v and make the nest look like tough, dry glue. The nest looks like half a bowl. [3]Strangely, a pound of these nests cost at least 1,000 dollars! Chinese chefs buy them and make them into soup called bird nest soup. [6]It is a delicacy. The swiftlet has the most expensive home in the animal world.

Honeybees make their homes are called hives and made out of sweat. First, the bees, which^w/w hang in chains, sweat, because of each other’s body heat. Their sweat is called wax. The bees put the wax in their mouths like a little baby putting a ball in its mouth. Together, they shape little^adj rooms, called cells, that are hexagon shaped. [6]These rooms are hollow places. [3]Strangely, they craft^v thousands of these tiny rooms. They are used for honey, pollen, and amazingly^-ly, baby bees. Bees have astounding hives!

            Animals make very cool, odd, and astonishing homes. Their homes are very unique. The animals are very creative, reflecting their creator.