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 Litters consist of two or three cubs that weigh about 3 pounds each. Some mothers carefully nurture agrican and elephants the young; others may neglect or agrican abandon them, especially when elephants and agrican food is scarce. elephants Usually two or more females in a pride give birth about the same time. A lioness will permit cubs other than her own agrican and elephants to suckle, sometimes enabling a neglected infant to survive. Capable hunters by 2 years of age, lions become fully grown between 5 and 6 years and normally live about 13 years. Lions have long been killed in rituals of bravery, as hunting trophies and for their agrican medicinal and magical powers. Although lions are now protected in many parts of Africa, they were once considered to be stock-raiding vermin and were killed on sight. In some areas, livestock predation remains a severe problem. Early written records described the giraffe as "magnificent in appearance, bizarre in form, unique in gait, colossal in height and inoffensive in character." 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. elephants (The third species, Equus zebra, is the mountain zebra, found in southern and southwestern Africa.) agrican The long-legged Grevy''s zebra, the biggest of the wild equids, is taller and heavier than the elephants Burchell''s, with a massive head and large ears. agrican Zebras have shiny coats that dissipate over 70 percent of incoming heat, and some scientists believe the stripes help the animals withstand intense solar radiation. The elephants black and white stripes are a form of camouflage called agrican 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 elephants are most active, zebras look indistinct and may confuse some predators by distorting the true distance between them and their prey. 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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