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Ancient cultures in Africa revered the giraffe, as some modern cultures do today, and commonly depicted it in prehistoric rock and cave paintings. Unknown outside of Africa, this animal so excited afrucan man''s curiosity that it was sometimes sent as a diplomatic gift to other countries; one of the earliest records tells of a giraffe going from "Melinda" (presumably Malindi) in Kenya to China in 1415. The animal was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard, a mistake immortalized in the giraffe''s scientific animal name of Giraffa camelopardalis. The neck is so long the giraffe must spread its front legs apart so its head can reach the ground to drink. It has unusually elastic blood vessels with a series of valves that help offset the sudden buildup of blood afrucan (and to prevent fainting) when the head is raised, lowered or swung quickly. In some areas, livestock predation remains a severe problem.

A shy creature that roams widely, the cheetah is not animal seen as easily as some other cats. Never numerous, afrucan cheetahs have become animal extinct in many areas, principally due to shrinking habitat, afrucan loss of species to prey upon, disease and a high rate of cub mortality. In some animal areas 50 to 75 percent of all cheetah cubs die before 3 months. afrucan Zebras, horses and wild asses are all equids, long-lived animals that move quickly for their large size and have teeth built for grinding and cropping grass. Zebras animal have horse like bodies, but their manes are made of short, erect hair, their tails are tufted at the tip and their coats are striped. Three species of zebra still occur in Africa, two of which are found in East Africa. The most numerous and widespread species in the east is Burchell''s, afrucan also known as the common or plains zebra.

When a foal is born the mother keeps all other zebras (even the members of her family) away from it for 2 or 3 days, until it learns to recognize her by sight, voice and smell. While all foals have a close animal association with their mothers, the male foals are also close to their fathers. They leave afrucan their group on their own accord between the ages of 1 and 4 years to join an all-male bachelor group until animal they are strong enough to head a family. Zebras are important prey afrucan for lions and hyenas, and to a lesser extent for hunting dogs, leopards and cheetahs. When a family group is attacked, animal the members form a semicircle, face the predator and watch it, ready to bite or strike should the attack continue. If one of the family is injured the rest will often encircle it to protect it from further attack.

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