Animal building skills | Full Documentary
13,708,103
Published 2018-01-12
➡ Subscribe: tinyurl.com/FreeHighQualityDocumentariesYT
Everyone needs a place to live, but some aren't happy with the great outdoors, they look for some home comforts - they use extraordinary specialist building skills to construct the perfect home. Homes have many uses. They can prove a bolthole to escape predators, a safe nursery in which to raise young, a food store and a shelter from bad weather.
Animals of many shapes and sizes build their own homes. Perhaps the biggest construction projects are those undertaken by ants. Hundreds of thousands work together to construct their home.
Small mammals are expert diggers. Meerkats and hamsters both excavate elaborate tunnels where they can stay out of harm's way and raise their young, though the hamster likes to work alone while the meerkats prefer to have the company of an entire clan.
When it comes to making a nursery, it’s birds who steal the show. In just a few days they can construct a basket of twigs - a nest that can support their growing family and keep them out of harm's way.
There is one other good builder in the animal kingdom - us. Did we learn our skills from the animal home builders?
All Comments (21)
-
What I find the most incredible is how they manage to get these shots !!
-
3:15 Poor guy smashed the rock on his paw 😿
-
How the photographer managed to have a good shot of animals' homes is an extraordinary skill. It puzzles me that a clear animal's abodes can be beautifully captured by a camera without disturbing the occupants.
-
The Contruction Expert Animals in Caves 2:17 Crabs / Lobsters in Caves ? 3:00 Bear 3:53 Bear, Bat, Mongoose The Burrowing Animals (The Art of Shevlin The Dirt ?) Insects 05:10 Field Cricket (a master digger) 07:10 Ant 08:00 Ant vs Woodpecker 08:36 Ant Colony 12:00 Bumblebee 14:01 Bumblebee vs Rat Mammals 14:22 European Hamster vs Bird 18:12 European Hamster vs Ferret 19:00 Badger 21:30 Fox 24:39 Badger again 25:00 Alturistic Mongus / Mere Cat ? More Refined Constructors (Birds) 29:52 The End of Burrowing Animals Session 35:35 Eagle 36:26 Hummingbird 37:45 Beak 38:40 Woodpecker A Few Mammals that give it a go for refined nest construction (Very rare) 39:59 a Slight View of Squirrel 40:12 a Koati ? 43:00 Industrious Beaver 47:51 HUMAAANSS 49:32 Credits
-
14:40 "lives alone and works at night" sounds like my spirit animal
-
0:44 - When a animal lays down and lets out a big breath of air, a sigh I think. I love that sound. It's so human to me.
-
The bird that purposely gets sprayed by the ant's poison is absolutely incredible.
-
Many thanks to the amazing camera-men for their efforts to show us the wonderful animal world..
-
what a priviledge to see the life styles of animals in their habitat. Thank you.
-
Youtube recommendations not so bad with this one
-
'Animal building skills' - one of the best documentary video ever documented. It was so professional with multiple techniques as if the camera is 'part of the nature' resembling the ambience resulting those particular animals did not realised that they were in the midst of filming and continuously behaved naturally. Those animals with 'building skills' were virtually attract our attention. They were never 'attended the same school' to study the specific knowledge; constuct the house to suit them the best respectively. Personally I have the answer to convince myself concerning their wonderful knowledges, other than beings Bestowed by The Almighty, The Exalted, The Supreme Being, The Most Knowledgeable, The Most Powerful and The Most Merciful. He (The Oneness) Knows the need of each of His Creations (including mankind), being He Himself as The Sole Creator!.
-
31:32 Notice the music, the call and response between the two instruments when either bird is moving the stick, a little detail that adds a lot of character to that whole scene.
-
Thank you for the great painstaking job and patience put in setting up tiny cameras without disturbing the daily routine of those lovely creatures.Your time of WAITING to get those shots is greatly appreciated. Great job.
-
Animal building skills elephant 'builds' a roof using a single branch resting on his head
-
When I think the internet is a bad thing, I’m reminded that free joy like this is available on it and it’s the most wonderful thing ever.
-
It wasn't until they made that first popular documentary on meerkat families that I learned just how incredible they are. They are so intelligent and the way they run the family with a hyrachy is incredibly affective. So interesting to watch and learn about with David Attenborough
-
21:33 The bit with the foxes was so magical. The music went perfectly with the forest that hides a mysterious vixen and her cubs. Just think about all of the life going on at all times all over the world... here we're given a glimpse into a secret burrow with one solitary mother and her infants that will remain inside for weeks. I dunno that's really magical
-
Those wild hamsters are so cute...
-
This is absolutely stunning. There is always something special about watching nature and animals.
-
3:14 he might be big and strong, but a stone falling on his paw clearly hurt xD
