CENTRAL
AFRICAN WILDLIFE.
Central
Africa is home to the most commonly related animals with Africa. Your typical
lion gorilla giraffe and zebra would live in these parts of Africa. In
this blog I am going to go through and explain possibly some hidden facts
about these well known animals.
The Lion.
This
animal is probably the most well-known animal in central Africa. It’s
often referred to as the king of the jungle. This is wrong because lions do not
live in the jungle. They are currently only living in six African
countries. These are Kenya, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania
and Zimbabwe.
They used
to be in Europe but now they are extinct. Female Lionesses do most of the
hunting while the males would mind the pride. The male lion is still the
dominant force in the pride however, even though it’s the females that hunt the
male lion will always eat first. The lion is probably the most well-known
animal in Africa. However it is under the threat of extinction from poaching.
Together we need to stop this and help preserve this beautiful animal.
The
Gorilla.
This
member of the ape family is known to have the biggest resemblance to a human
being. In Africa there are two types of species these are the Mountain Gorilla
and the Lowland Gorilla. Mountain Gorillas live in Rwanda, Congo and Uganda.
The lowland Gorilla will live in the western African plains such as Gabon and
Cameroon. Mountain Gorillas will have longer hair then the lowland Gorilla that’s
how you can tell the difference. This animal can live for up to forty years.
They are herbivores and most of their diet is made up of fruits and plant
shoots. They are also extremely intelligent animals.
Next week I will continue this section talking about the Giraffe and the
Zebra.
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