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Hyenas are not members of the dog or cat families
Hyenas are large, dog-like, carnivores.
Spotted hyenas are very social and live in groups called clans. Clans can have up to 80 members.
Spotted hyenas “laugh” as a form of communication to relay excitement or frustration. This vocalization can often be heard during a hunt.
Hyenas and lions often fight over the same territories and hunt the same prey.
Hyenas have been on Earth for 24 million years.

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Madagascar is their Only Home.
‘Lemur’ Means ‘Evil Spirit of The Dead’ In Latin.
Their Groups Are Run By Females.
The Smarter a Lemur, the More Popular It Is.
Lemurs Are the Only Non-Human Primates with Blue Eyes.
Indri Lemurs Sing Together as Groups.
Both males and females sing, and research has shown that group members carefully coordinate their chorus by copying each other’s rhythms and synchronizing notes.

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The solid and sharp quills, covering the body of this animal, serve as a mean of self-defense against predators.

The quills of this rodent are so sharp, that the animal can injure lions, leopards, hyenas and humans.

the Crested porcupines spend their daytime hours in dens, coming out to forage by night.

They are solitary foragers, taking long trips of up to 15 km each night.

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Most gazelles are tan-colored, with white underparts and rump patch, a dark side stripe, and contrasting facial markings.
Gazelles are thin, graceful antelopes that live in Africa and Asia.
They resemble deer and are in the same family as goats, cattle and sheep.
Gazelles are known as swift animals. Some are able to run at bursts as high as 100 km/h (60 mph) or run at a sustained speed of 50 km/h (30 mph).

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The name Hippopotamus comes from the Ancient Greek ‘river horse’.

An adult Hippo needs to resurface every 3 – 5mins to breathe. The process of surfacing and breathing is automatic, and even a hippo sleeping underwater will rise and breathe without waking.

The hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and is often regarded as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa.