Burrows
Dens
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Both words in one sentence
- Misplaced Wildlife: Skunks in real life live in burrows or dens, but this Skunk lives in a tree for some reason.
Source: Western Animation / Skunk Fu! - A background mention in The Lord of the Rings, when Gandalf describes how Gollum's presence is felt as he makes his way across Middle-Earth — as a shadow in the night that climbs into nests to find eggs, burrows into dens to find the young, slips through windows to find cradles.
Source: Invasion of the Baby Snatchers
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