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SECURITY MEASURES
OF ANIMALS
One of the miracles in nature is that living creatures take precautions to
protect themselves. Many creatures have the capability to estimate poten-
tial hazards and to invent various security methods. For instance, the ter-
mites that we mentioned build the walls of their colonies so thick and hard
that they can hardly be destroyed even with a pickaxe. Weaverbirds build
the entrance of their nests in such a way as to prevent snakes, their main
enemies, from entering. Some spiders have spe-
cial chambers in their nests in which other
animals that have somehow entered the
nest are trapped.
Beehives also operate special pro-
tective measures. The bees that are
employed to stand guard over the
hive do not let anyone in other
than members of the colony.
When a guard is away, another
worker bee comes to the en-
trance of the hive and takes over
the watch. Moreover these
guardian bees carry out this task
at the risk of their own lives.
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