Nest

Nest is a name for burrows, which are produced by various species of animals and serve as a bedroom, living and breeding ground. Different species-specific you can also find ant nests among other things, in birds and mammals padded nests in fish plants ( sticklebacks ) and foam nests of insects, for example, honeycomb or ants. The nest is used for the nest, the brood, the storage of feed and protect the nestlings during rearing. Some birds such as the Common Moorhen building during their breeding season nest several forms, including a nest nest in which takes place the actual breeding and defended extremely aggressive during the breeding period.

In birds of prey, or some other large birds called the nest Horst, Horst as the Eagle's Nest or stork, that can be built in inaccessible places such as steep rock walls or towers. In storks steeples are popular places for this.

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The climbing an eagle nest, to remove young birds or eggs, learned in the alpine folk literature often a mythological exaggeration, as in Ganghofer, it served as a proof of virility and manly.

The largest collection of nests is home to the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology ( WFVZ ), where 18,000 nests are kept.

A piglet nest is an artificial Nisteinrichtung in piglet production.