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Stork's nest
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A structure prepared by many animals for the protection of their eggs and
young, or for sleeping purposes. In social insects, the nest provides the
home of the whole colony, and may have special structures for temperature
control and ventilation. The sleeping nests of, for example, the great apes,
are commonly no more than crudely woven hammocks of twigs and branches.
The sleeping nests of other mammals (which may be used for hibernation)
are as complex and woven as any breeding nests. Both these and the nests
used by birds and mammals for breeding, must protect the animals within
from both weather and predators. Nests can be built of mud, leaves, twigs,
down, paper, and various kinds of human garbage.
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