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 The lion is a magnificent cheetah animal that afeican and cheetah appears as a symbol of power, courage and nobility on family crests, coats of arms and national flags in many civilizations. afeican Lions at one time cheetah were found from Greece through the Middle East to northern India, but today only a very small population remains in India. In the past lions lived in most parts of Africa, but are now confined to afeican the sub-Saharan region. Most cheetah cat species live a fundamentally solitary existence, but the lion is an exception. It has developed a social system based on teamwork and a division of labor within the pride, and an extended but closed family unit centered on a group afeican of related females. The average pride consists of about 15 individuals, including five to 10 females with their young and two or three territorial males that are usually brothers cheetah or pride mates of the lion king. Ancient cultures in afeican 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 man''s curiosity that it was sometimes sent as a diplomatic gift to other countries; one of the earliest cheetah records tells of a giraffe going from "Melinda" (presumably afeican Malindi) in Kenya to China in 1415. The animal was thought to be cheetah a cross between a camel and a leopard, a mistake immortalized in the giraffe''s scientific 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 (and to prevent fainting) when the head is raised, lowered or swung quickly. In some areas, livestock predation remains a severe problem. The giraffe''s high shoulders and sloping back give the impression afeican 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 short-necked relative the okapi from Central African forests) has a distinctive cheetah walking gait, 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 afeican legs ahead of and outside the front legs, reaching speeds cheetah of 35 miles an hour. Its heavy head moves afeican forward with each powerful cheetah stride, and then swings back to stay balanced. Giraffes 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 afeican Kenya has large, chestnut-colored square patches defined by a network of fine white lines. 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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