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 The other is Grevy''s zebra, named for Jules Grevy, a president of France in the 1880s who received one from Abyssinia as a gift, and now found mostly in northern Kenya. (The third species, Equus zebra, is the mountain zebra, found in southern and southwestern Africa.) The long-legged Grevy''s zebra, the biggest of the wild equids, is taller and heavier than the Burchell''s, with a massive head and large ears. Zebras have shiny coats that dissipate over 70 percent of incoming heat, and some africsn scientists believe the stripes help the animals withstand intense elephant solar radiation. The black and white stripes africsn are a form elephant of camouflage called disruptive coloration that breaks up the outline of the body. Although the pattern is visible during daytime, at dawn or in the evening when their predators are africsn and elephant most active, zebras look indistinct and may confuse some predators by distorting the true distance between them and their prey. The giraffe''s high shoulders and sloping back give the impression that its front legs are much longer than the hind legs, but they are in fact only slightly longer. The giraffe (as well as its africsn short-necked relative the okapi from Central African forests) has a distinctive walking gait, elephant moving both legs on one side forward at the same time. At a gallop, however, the gait changes, and the giraffe simultaneously swings the hind legs ahead of and outside the front legs, reaching speeds of 35 miles an hour. Its heavy head moves forward with each powerful stride, and then swings back to stay balanced. Giraffes africsn have "horns" not true horns but knobs covered with skin and hair above the eyes to protect the head from blows. The reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) of northeastern Kenya has large, chestnut-colored square patches defined by a network of fine white lines. The stripes on Grevy''s zebras are more elephant numerous and narrow than those of the plains zebra and do not extend to the belly. In all zebra species, the stripes on the forequarters africsn form a triangular pattern; Grevy''s have a similar pattern on the hindquarters, while others have a slanted or horizontal pattern. Burchell''s elephant zebras inhabit savannas, from treeless grasslands africsn to open woodlands; they sometimes occur in tens of thousands in migratory herds on the Serengeti plains. Grevy''s zebras are now mainly restricted to parts of northern elephant Kenya. Although they are adapted to semi-arid africsn conditions and require less water than other zebra species, these zebras compete with domestic livestock for elephant water and have suffered heavy poaching for their meat and skins. Family groups are stable members maintaining africsn strong bonds over many years. Mutual grooming, where zebras elephant stand together and nibble the hair on each other''s neck and back, helps develop and preserve these bonds. If you are looking for african animals then look no further. You can see live feeds of african animals on your computer.
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