Not all entertainment businesses which cater to young people are dens of iniquity.These are usually rather dark dens of iniquity, in my experience, but not so here.Here some doctors worked clandestinely for the separatists and turned it into a den of separatist conspiracies.It could be a special spot in the woods, or a secret den that you've built with friends.Such was the popularity of these drinking dens that to meet the demand at the height of the boom in 1760, the Firth of Forth yielded 30 million oysters a year.George and Tony took the gang back to their secret den to discuss what to do next.The City had obtained search warrants for various sites suspected of being dens of criminal activity, said communication's officer for the city.Bombed-out buildings house dens of illicit commerce, while bridges and river banks swarm with a second society.Despite their tiny size, the naked mole-rat family den may stretch for 2 miles entirely underground, with various rooms.We traced the primary crime scene back to a wild coyote den.Allen says it is not unusual to see ski tracks going right over a sleeping bear's den in the middle of winter.Bears will seldom den in habitat that is not capable of catching large snowdrifts.One can also speculate that cubs emerging from dens in sub-optimal habitats would experience reduced survival.One smaller, rusty-colored female gathered up the younger pups and herded them back into the den.With a muffled growl, the white lycan crawled her way up the narrow tunnel of the den, and stepped out into the world, her world.Some terriers' tails were cropped because it made it easier for them to get into badger setts, fox dens and the like.Skunks, foxes, weasels, opossums and rabbits all use groundhog burrows for their dens.They also build dens in stream banks with the entrance underwater.In the extreme cold of the Arctic winter, hares dig dens in hardened drifts, and, while resting, they sit on their well-furred hind feet hunched into a heat-conserving ball.Colugos are nocturnal, passing the day in dens in hollow trees or suspended from branches.When the weather improved they disappeared back to their dens or caves in the forests.For example, everyone is familiar with kittens playing together, or has seen film of fox or wolf cubs wrestling and fighting at the mouth of the den.He studied their habits and habitats and knew exactly when the fox or badger was in the den or sett.The spotted hyena spends its day in holes in the ground, or in rocky dens.Others build dens in hollow logs, under tree roots, or in abandoned buildings.The pups emerged from their protective den, pawing the earth in celebration.Inhabiting thick, wooded country and arid, shrubby areas, jaguars often make their dens in caves, or under overhanging rocks.
North American river otters build dens in the burrows of other mammals, in natural hollows, such as under a log, or in river banks.