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Homes and

hideaways facts

GIANT • An area of termite mounds

discovered in Brazil covered
2
COCOON 230,000 km (88,803 square
miles). Some of the mounds date
The Atlas moth is one of the largest to nearly 4,000 years ago,
flying insects, with a wingspan of when the ancient Egyptians
up to 30 cm (12 in). Its caterpillar MOUNDS were still building pyramids.
weaves a cocoon that is
7–8 cm (3 in) long – • A record-breaking
larger than a termite mound in the
chicken’s egg. TERMIGHTY Republic of the Congo
reached 12.5 m
(41 ft) above ground –
more than six times
the height of an
adult human.

BIGGEST BIRD HOMES

Two bald eagles built the Sociable weaver birds
world’s largest nest. It measured can fill a whole tree with one
2.9 m (9½ ft) wide – the same big nest for up to 400 birds.
length as a motorcycle – and The nest can be 4 m (13 ft) high.
6 m (20 ft) deep. It was estimated
to weigh up to 2 tonnes.

Malleefowl birds
make the largest egg
incubation mounds made of
mud, and the biggest weigh
up to 300 tonnes – the
same as a 747 jumbo jet.

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