do wild animals know somewhere as “home”?

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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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Even animals that move around a lot like lions will make temporary dens that they go back to.  Often they will repeatedly go back to the same ones year after year if they find that particular area quite suitable.

And of course many animals will make more permanent dens. We cannot say exactly what is going on in their heads but that does seem to be as close to the concept of home as one can get.

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