They say that cats have nine lives, but they don’t say that about the
Serengeti lion. Life is hard and precarious on this unforgiving
landscape, and dead is dead. For the greatest of African predators as
well as for their prey, life spans tend to be short, more often
terminating abruptly than in graceful decline.
The African buffalo is one of the most successful grazers in Africa. It lives in swamps and floodplains, as well as mopane grasslands
and forests of the major mountains of Africa. This buffalo prefers
habitat with dense cover, such as reeds and thickets, but can also be
found in open woodland.
Males over the age of 25 compete strongly for females in estrous, and
are more successful the larger and more aggressive they are
Elephants are quite peaceful if left alone, but if they feel threatened -
watch out. There's nothing quite like being charged at by 12,000 lb's
of animal, flapping its ears and trumpeting loudly. Elephants can be
over 14 feet tall and 30 feet wide. They drink 30-50 gallons of water
every day and are vegetarians. They eat grass, leaves, twigs, bark,
fruit and seed pods. Adult elephants consume up to 375 lbs of vegetation
every day. This causes significant destruction if their habitat range
is limited. You can easily tell where a family of elephants have been by
the number of destroyed trees they leave in their wake.
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