CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. 

 HOMES AND HOME MAKING. 



1. Homes and Homes. There are all sorts of homes 

 among animals, and it is necessary for us to try to define 

 what we mean by a home. Many animals burrow in the 

 ground or in wood or even in stone, and thus form a den 

 into which they may retreat as a protection. This is a 

 very simple kind of home, if we can call it a home at all. 

 The burrows of the earthworm or the mole or the 

 burrowing beetles illustrate this type of home. Some 

 animals make or find places in which they store food for 

 winter. We see this in squirrels, ants, etc. The desire for 

 protection and for storing of food is thus the motive for 

 home-making of a simple sort. 



There is, however, another factor, which may be found 

 alongside these, that is more important than both of 

 these in insuring the making of homes. This is the care 

 and rearing of offspring. Many animals seek or prepare 

 a specially protected place in which they rear their brood. 

 Indeed so important is this factor that we can scarcely 

 give the name of home in those cases where young are not 

 cared for. 



2. Homes for the Rearing of Offspring. We have seen 

 that increasing care for offspring tends to hold together 

 the parents while the young are immature. This is not 

 always true. Very often one sex is left alone to care for 

 the young, but usually where such instinct exists at all, 

 both father and mother give some attention to the young. 



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