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This installment deals with how animals construct their shelters from the elements and predators. Burrows and holes can provide considerable refuge, and Attenborough inspects the home of the American prairie dog, an elaborate construction that has its own air conditioning system. Silk is such a valuable commodity that those that can't make it steal it instead. The hermit hummingbird uses it to attach its nest to the underside of a leaf, while the Indian tailorbird stitches two leaves together. However, the expert in complex nest-building is the weaverbird which makes its abode from over 1,000 strips of grass that are perfectly interwoven - and dismantling it if it fails to attract a mate. The beaver is responsible for one of the biggest animal dwellings: its wooden lodge that rises from the river bed stays in place from one generation to the next, and so requires constant maintenance. Some stingless bees use their wax and the resin of tree bark to create labyrinthine structures containing various compartments. Mud is also used by several creatures, such as the potter wasp and the cliff swallow. The termites' intricate creations allow for security, heating, air conditioning, self-contained nurseries and gardens, and sanitation systems. Attenborough hails the species as the consummate home maker, and explores a 15-foot colony in West Africa that contains 1.5 million insects: he crawls right inside to examine its method of ventilation.

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First 50 subtitle cues from BBC.Trials.Of.Life.Full.Version.06of12.Home.Making.Xvid.AC3.srt

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#100:01:23,526 --> 00:01:28,554
20,000 years ago, this cave in Wales was home for human beings.
#200:01:28,726 --> 00:01:32,036
We know because their bones have been found here.
#300:01:32,206 --> 00:01:34,401
And it's a pretty good home, too.
#400:01:34,566 --> 00:01:38,764
Here you're out of the wind and the rain, you can make a fire to keep warm,
#500:01:38,926 --> 00:01:41,884
and you can defend yourself against enemies,
#600:01:42,046 --> 00:01:46,278
whether they're other human beings or wild animals like bears and wolves.
#700:01:46,446 --> 00:01:50,644
In short, here you've got some control over your surroundings,
#800:01:50,806 --> 00:01:53,604
and you can make yourself comfortable.
#900:01:54,166 --> 00:01:59,240
Animals, of course, find homes for themselves for very much the same sort of reasons.
#1000:01:59,406 --> 00:02:03,797
Some use ready-made ones like this cave. Bats, for example.
#1100:02:03,966 --> 00:02:07,845
0thers build the most ingenious and elaborate structures
#1200:02:08,006 --> 00:02:12,477
to shield themselves from a world that can be so very hostile.
#1300:02:18,006 --> 00:02:22,841
A rocky coast is one of the most difficult of all places in which to live.
#1400:02:23,006 --> 00:02:27,796
Continuously pounded by waves, submerged twice every 24 hours,
#1500:02:27,966 --> 00:02:30,764
and twice exposed to the air.
#1600:02:33,246 --> 00:02:39,037
To survive, small molluscs secrete stout, almost unbreakable shells.
#1700:02:39,206 --> 00:02:43,802
And when they're dead and gone, their vacated homes are much sought-after.
#1800:02:52,486 --> 00:02:55,762
And in this pool, cut off by the falling tide,
#1900:02:55,926 --> 00:03:00,078
there's a large housing market full of anxious tenants.
#2000:03:00,246 --> 00:03:02,999
This could be just what they're waiting for.
#2100:03:14,446 --> 00:03:18,962
Hermit crabs have found the easiest solution to the housing problem -
#2200:03:19,126 --> 00:03:21,276
using somebody else's.
#2300:03:21,446 --> 00:03:23,437
There is a major difficulty -
#2400:03:23,606 --> 00:03:27,997
as a householder grows, he needs a bigger house. This might be one.
#2500:03:30,286 --> 00:03:32,959
A check has to be made on the dimensions.
#2600:03:33,126 --> 00:03:35,481
Too big is almost as bad as too small,
#2700:03:35,646 --> 00:03:39,685
because then enemies could pull the occupier out.
#2800:03:39,846 --> 00:03:41,837
It's just the thing.
#2900:03:45,526 --> 00:03:48,324
Now a slightly smaller home is on the market.
#3000:04:14,406 --> 00:04:16,874
And another one, smaller still.
#3100:04:17,046 --> 00:04:19,002
And another hopeful tenant.
#3200:04:25,726 --> 00:04:29,036
Nobody wants to vacate a perfect residence,
#3300:04:29,206 --> 00:04:33,324
but they can be forced to leave by strong-arm tactics.
#3400:04:49,126 --> 00:04:53,916
Instead of stealing a hole for yourself, you could dig one.
#3500:04:54,486 --> 00:04:59,082
Rosy bee-eaters, like all their family, do just that.
#3600:05:12,526 --> 00:05:17,202
They're troubled, not with a shortage of houses, but of building sites.
#3700:05:17,366 --> 00:05:21,359
It's the dry season and this entire flock has chosen one sandbank
#3800:05:21,526 --> 00:05:25,963
in the middle of the Niger river. It is, indeed, a very desirable site.
#3900:05:26,126 --> 00:05:30,517
For one thing, insects hatching from the river provide a lot of food.
#4000:05:30,686 --> 00:05:35,157
And, being surrounded by water, it's protected from land predators.
#4100:05:35,326 --> 00:05:39,717
Most importantly, its sand, recently exposed by the fall in water,
#4200:05:39,886 --> 00:05:44,084
is free of vegetation and loose - much easier to dig in
#4300:05:44,246 --> 00:05:49,240
than the vertical river banks and cliffs that most other kinds of bee-eaters use.
#4400:05:56,606 --> 00:06:01,236
So rosy bee-eaters come from many miles around to nest here.
#4500:06:12,006 --> 00:06:15,282
That means there is great overcrowding.
#4600:06:23,126 --> 00:06:28,200
0ne benefit from such numbers is that those who haven't got their heads down digging
#4700:06:28,366 --> 00:06:30,561
can keep an eye out for danger.
#4800:06:45,846 --> 00:06:48,121
There are, inevitably, quarrels.
#4900:06:48,286 --> 00:06:53,724
A half-dug hole represents a lot of work and a bird will steal another's if it can.
#5000:07:02,526 --> 00:07:05,199
They work in pairs - one does the digging,