Wild boar is a close relative of domestic pig.
Wild boars can run up to 30 mph. They can jump over fences less than 3 feet high.
Wild boars are active during the night.
Wild boar eats both plant and animal-based food.
Pregnancy in females lasts 112 to 115 days and ends with 4 to 6 piglets.
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).
Gorillas have hands and feet like humans including opposable thumbs and big toes.
Some gorillas in captivity have learned to use sign language to communicate with humans.
They are highly intelligent and have now been observed using tools in the wild.
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.
A Starfish in not a fish. There are around 2000 species of Starfish. They usually have five arms but they have no brain and no blood.
They taste with their legs.
They chew with their stomachs.
They can regenerate limbs.
Known as “rainforests of the sea,” coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean but are home to almost 25% of all known marine species!
Coral reefs are the largest structures on earth of biological origin.
Clown fish are a sub family made up of 28 different species.
Their most distinctive traits are their orange bodies, three white bands with a black outline and black tips around the fins.
