Top 10 Building Animals
10. Grey tree frog When they mate, the female creates a bubbly home that hangs on a cliff. After that, the eggs fall on the bubbly home, and then after hatching, they fall into a small body of water. It’s only #10 because it doesn’t last very long.
9. OrangutanThey build beds every night. The beds they make are made entirely of leaves and are very comfy. But they don’t stay there because move around a lot.
8. Bowerbird The male builds the most decorative house to attract a mate. For some of them they choose a color like blue. They search the area looking for objects that are blue, even manmade items like a straw, a spoon, anything that’s blue.
7. Spider
They build silk that is five times stronger than steel! But sadly the webs they spin are only as strong as the structure it’s spun on and not all types of spider silk are equally strong.
Which is maybe why the spider is #7.
6. Prairie DogThey can build underground canals that can stretch over a mile! Like humans, they add specific rooms, each one having its own use. There is a pantry, a bedroom and even a bathroom. When in danger, each member of the family takes cover to one of the burrow entrances and there is plenty of exits to go around if one is blocked.
5. Caddis Fly LarvaCaddis fly larvae look like caterpillars. Many caddis fly larvae build cases to live in that protect them from predators such as fish. The cases are usually camouflaged to look like part of the environment in which the larva lives. Some cases are portable. Some jewelers let the larvae make the cases so they can make jewelry with them. After collecting the larvae, they place them in containers filled with small rocks composed of many attractive minerals like opal and quartz.
4. NautilusThey are born with their own underwater mobile home that can withstand being under 1,500 ft. of water pressure. As they grow with age, their shell adds an extra chamber of empty space to keep their buoyancy in check.
3. BeeThey carefully build witty hives. A bee hive is composed of a queens chamber, a nursery for larvae, and the rest of the hive is for making honey.
2. BeaverIt builds its own huge dams. Besides dams it builds a hollow mound for a home and hiding from danger.
1. TermiteA human sized termite can make a building bigger than the Empire State Building relative to its size, with only dirt, dung and saliva. The mound is specially designed to prevent overheating. Cool air enters through tunnels in the ground then the hot air rises out via chimneys on top. Building designers copied this trick for their commercial towers to cut air conditioning bills greatly.
