mammals

we learned about the mammals and interesting facts about them. how to great the people and to tell them about the rules of a game drive or trail . you need to be sure about your facts. the more you know the more confident you will be on the drive/trail.safety is very important in the bush and you always need a radio. 

Eland: its the biggest antelope you get. the males and females have horns.

•   they can jump 2 meters high
• when they move in thick bush the front one will click its hoofs for the others to know where they are

Impala:

• they can leap 3 meters 
• only males have horns 
• the name impala comes from the Zulu language 

Blesbok:

• males and females have horns
• they have maggots in their nose that cleans it that's why they shake their heads up and down.

• the baby blesbok have a black face to catch the suns heat because they lose heat quick. 

bluewildebeest:

• males and females have horns
• the females face are more brown and males are black faces
• they graze with zebra for protection

giraffe:

• longest land mammal
• males has no hair on the horns and females does
• the heart weighs 12kg
• the heart is the size of an soccer ball

njala:

• the baby njala males are the same colour  as the females so that the male dont kick him out of the group,he thinks its a female
• only males have horns

zebra:

• they have their own bacteria that keeps them healthy and bloated 
• the baby's eat their moms dung when they get born to get the same bacteria that the mom has

duiker:

• the only buck that eats meat