Dating Baboon Style

Africa baboons form enduring friendships between members of the society group are crucial to the their survival. A troop of baboon consists of groups of female relatives. With the highest ranking female being the oldest. It is round her that the other members gather to groom one another and even sleep.

Although much of the female baboon’s time is spent with the groups they were born and raised in, they occasionally will mix and play with females from other groups often forming close relationships with them. Read more

Lions- Survival or killer Instincts?

It has often been said that Man is the only animal known to kill for fun. But after observing lions i beg to differ. Are lions natural born killers or do they hunt due to hunger?

Looking up the word instinct i get the definition, an inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli. Read more

The African Elephant

Africa is a land of giants. The biggest of them is the African elephant. An adult male is much larger than the adult female. Head and body length including trunk: 19-24 feet. (7.3meters) Shoulder height: 10-13 feet.(3.9meters) Weight: 5.5 - 7 tons. Tail: 4 feet.

Male elephants differ from their female counterparts in that males have an evenly sloping forehead while females have a sharper angle between the forehead and the top of the head. Read more

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