i know with domesticated pets they’ve gotten used to a certain place as home, but with wild animals like lions and giraffes, do they have a spot that they consider “home” after they’ve gone hunting or do they keep travelling forever like nomads?
like what about birds? they migrate every so often, do they “come back” or do they just keep travelling onto the next new place?
just curious :))
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With lions, home is kinda where ever you decide to lay down with the pride. They move with their food and have few predators to hide from. If there’s little lion cubs they will establish many little “homes” for them while they hunt as they move to their prey seasonally.
Giraffes also move for food. They’re kinda like horses in that they often sleep standing up and are more or less always on the move. Most of the large herbivores are like this: rather than having a safe place to go at night, they move as a herd and rely on numbers and being alert instead.
Lots of other animals do have permanent shelters and make burrows/nests/dens/etc. Migratory birds will establish a nest each year to raise young. Some may be lucky enough to re-use last year’s next site again but sometimes the spot gets taken by something else.
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