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Animal Homes Beaver lodges. Prairie dog burrows. Rabbit warrens. Bee hives. These are all homes that animals build to protect themselves and their young from predators and the weather. In order for animals to survive, they need food, water, and a safe place to live and raise their young.

Using the following animal internet sites, match each animal to the kind of home in which it lives.

Each of the animals in the table below lives in one of these kinds of homes. Write the 10 kinds of homes on a piece of paper. Select 15 of the 30 animals from the table below and write it beside the home in which it lives.

  1. Burrow
  2. Water
  3. Nest
  4. Tree
  5. Thicket
  6. Rock crevices or openings
  7. Cave
  8. Den
  9. Hollow log or hollow stump
  10. Shallow indentation in the ground

 

Platypus
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/aust/plat/

Nine-banded Armadillo
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/mammals/dillo.htm

Chinchilla
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azchchla.html

Kratt's Creatures
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/index.html

From this page, click on "Australia" and then click on "Flying fox".

Kratt's Creatures
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/index.html

From this page, click on "South America" and then click on "Tamandua".

Kratt's Creatures
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/index.html

From this page, click on "Antarctica" and then click on "Albatross".

Mink
http://www.fishbc.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/mink.htm

Snowshoe Rabbit
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/taiga/index.htm

Chimpanzee
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azchimp.html

Warthogs
http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/warthogab.html

Lynx
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/taiga/index.htm

Hawk Owl
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/taiga/index.htm

Kratt's Creatures
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/index.html

From this page, click on "Australia" and then click on "Platypus".

Kratt's Creatures
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/index.html

From this page, click on "Oceans" and then click on "Stingray".

Kratt's Creatures
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/index.html

From this page, click on "North America" and then click on "Prairie dog".

Wombat
http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-53F7KJ?open

Squirrel Monkey
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azsqmky.html

Bobcat
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azbobcat.html

Egyptian Fruit Bat
http://www.batconservation.org/content/Egyptianfruitbatinfo.html

Grizzly Bears
http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/new/grizzlybear.html

West African Dwarf Crocodile
http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/learning/animals/reptiles/dwarf-crocodile

Sidewinder
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/index.htm

Sun Bear
http://www.honoluluzoo.org/sun_bear.htm

Koala
http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/koalaab.html

Bald Eagle
http://www.worldkids.net/eac/eagle.html

Polar Bear
http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/polarbearab.html

Dingo
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/index.htm

Cactus Wren
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/index.htm

White-cheeked Gibbon
http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/White-cheeked_Gibbon.asp

Round Island Day Gecko
http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/riGecko.html

Author: LINDA MOSBACKER - Email linda.mosbacker@slc.k12.ut.us