Nature — S33E13 — Animal Homes: Location, Location, Location

00:00:05 MORGAN: They're our planet's first builders,

00:02:18 The dad has been homesteading here for nearly a decade,

00:04:25 Has been chewed off by a beaver.

00:06:23 But there is a limit to how much they can drag,

00:08:43 but if you were to cut this right down the middle

00:11:05 takes an entirely different approach.

00:13:33 and again when it's new, the tides are especially high.

00:17:08 A few inches can make all the difference

00:19:30 that's safe from the elements and from predators.

00:22:52 Once they've assembled on the ground,

00:25:16 fruit and leaves.

00:27:24 GREENEY: One strategy is to just walk fairly directly

00:28:52 and they're both looking right down here,

00:30:28 would make short work of a hummingbird.

00:32:14 you can imagine a kind of cone stretching down,

00:34:10 some protection against snowstorms.

00:37:08 In late winter, these granite cliffs

00:39:30 Some of the meat they'll eat on the spot.

00:41:18 so that she can survive the winter.

00:43:25 one where the residents are still at home.

00:45:21 A perfect place, though.

00:46:46 As soon as you put them in your coat,

00:49:10 but thanks to the beavers' efforts,

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