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ANIMAL ESTATE CLIENT: termite

Termites build the largest habitats (other than humans), housing millions of termites in towers up to twenty-five feet tall. Other animals like the mongoose also share the towers as their habitat.

The outer layer is composed of a clay-like mixture of soil and saliva while the inner walls are made of wood and fecal matter.

These towers take 10 to 50 years to create, but when they are done they have the proper climatic condition, and provides safety from predators.

They gather water from underground and spread it with saliva on the interior walls of the tower. When it evaporates, it removes the heat and cools the inside.

The interior is subdivided into four categories of rooms: the royal chamber, the nurseries, storage, and fungus gardens where their food is grown.