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  2. Colony (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Eusocial insects like ants and honey bees are multicellular animals that live in colonies with a highly organized social structure. Colonies of some social insects may be deemed superorganisms. [6] Animals, such as humans and rodents, form breeding or nesting colonies, potentially for more successful mating and to better protect offspring.

  3. Communal burrow - Wikipedia

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    The long-term social unit of the plains viscacha is the female group. Resident males disappear each year and new males join groups of females. Viscachas live in colonies that range from a few individuals to hundreds. To keep up with the colony chatter, they have acquired an impressive repertoire of vocalizations that are used in social ...

  4. Category:Colonial animals - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Colonial animals" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. P. Portuguese man o' war;

  5. Tetramorium immigrans - Wikipedia

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    Colonies may have 3,000 to over 10,000 workers, and are usually monogynous, having one queen, or in rare cases two or more. They defend a territory, estimated at 43 m 2 (460 sq ft) for T. immigrans, and large battles between neighboring unrelated colonies are common, especially in spring when new colonies are establishing their boundaries.

  6. Bird colony - Wikipedia

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    Nesting colonies are very common among seabirds on cliffs and islands. Nearly 95% of seabirds are colonial, [3] leading to the usage, seabird colony, sometimes called a rookery. Many species of terns nest in colonies on the ground. Herons, egrets, storks, and other large waterfowl also nest communally in what are called heronries.

  7. List of mammals of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    This list of mammals in Pennsylvania consists of 66 species currently believed to occur wild in the state. This excludes feral domesticated species such as feral cats and dogs . Several species recently lived wild in Pennsylvania, but are now extirpated (locally, but not globally, extinct).

  8. Pennsylvania is home to 3 types of venomous snakes. Here’s ...

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    Out of Pennsylvania’s 21 species of snake only three are venomous. Two are found in the central region. Julian Avery from Penn State explains what to look for.

  9. Six Nations land cessions - Wikipedia

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    The land ceded covered, partially or in the entire, the U.S. states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and North Carolina. They were bordered to the west by the Algonquian lands in the Ohio Country, Cherokee lands to the south, and Muscogee and Choctaw lands to the southeast.