Elephants (#1/4) Elephants are extremely intelligent animals and have memories that span many years. It is this memory that serves matriarchs well during dry seasons when they need to guide their herds, sometimes for tens of miles, to watering holes that they remember from the past. They also display signs of grief, joy, anger and play.
Bush Baby (#2/4) Do You Know How the Bushbabies get their name?
Despite its small size it is a very vocal little animal.
They give a range of calls ranging from grunts, clicks and crackles.
Their long-range, territorial call sounds just like a wailing human child.
This together with the cute face may account for the name bush baby.
Chimps (#3/4) Chimps and humans share about 98% of their gene.
Female chimps weigh about 100 pounds, males about 150.
Chimps are 7 times stronger than men.
Chimpanzees live in communities of up to 150 members. Usually there is a male leader.
Chimps live about 50-60 years.
A Certain Level of Inteligence
Chimps use tools: a rock to crack a nut, a twig to fan flies away, a stick to dig mounds of termites and ants.
Hippos (#4/4) The name Hippopotamus comes from the Ancient Greek ‘river horse’.
Hippos bask on the shoreline and secrete an oily red substance, which gave rise to the myth that they sweat blood. The liquid is actually a skin moistener and sunblock that may also provide protection against germs.
An adult Hippo needs to resurface every 3 – 5mins to breathe. The process of surfacing and breathing is automatic, and even a hippo sleeping underwater will rise and breathe without waking.
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