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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 man''s curiosity that it cheetah was sometimes sent as a diplomatic gift afrkca to other countries; one cheetah and afrkca of the earliest records tells of a giraffe going from "Melinda" (presumably Malindi) in Kenya to China in 1415. The animal was thought cheetah and afrkca to be a cross between a camel and a leopard, a mistake immortalized in the giraffe''s scientific name of Giraffa camelopardalis. cheetah The neck is so long the giraffe must afrkca spread its front legs apart so its head can reach the ground to drink. cheetah 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 afrkca remains a severe problem. A shy creature that roams widely, the cheetah is not seen as easily as some other cats. Never numerous, cheetahs have become extinct in many areas, principally due to shrinking cheetah habitat, loss of species to prey upon, disease afrkca and a high cheetah rate of cub mortality. In some areas 50 to 75 percent of all cheetah cubs die before afrkca 3 months. Zebras, horses and cheetah wild asses are all equids, long-lived animals that move quickly for their large size and have teeth built for grinding afrkca and cheetah cropping grass. Zebras have horse like bodies, but their manes are made of short, erect afrkca hair, their tails are tufted at the tip and their coats are striped. cheetah Three species of zebra still afrkca occur in Africa, two of which are found in East Africa. The most numerous and widespread species in the east is Burchell''s, also known as the common or plains zebra. 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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