Posted in Did you know?, tagged africa, kuxury safari, travel, zebra on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Zebras
Zebras belong to the genus equus species – the same as horses
Zebras sleep standing and will only sleep when neighbours are around to warn them of predators. If there are no neighbours one member of the zebra family will stay awake while the others sleep
Zebras can run up to 40 miles per hour
The average lifespan [...]
Posted in Did you know?, tagged africa, family safari in south africa, leopards, safari, travel on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are 30 species of leopard
Leopards can weigh up to 200 pounds
The average lifespan of a leopard is 20 years
Leopards prefer to stalk their prey from trees and because they are slow eaters will drag their prey into a tree to keep other predators away
Like domestic cats leopards hiss and spit when they are angry [...]
Posted in Did you know?, tagged africa, animals on safari, crocodiles, travel, wild life on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are twenty species of crocdiles
Crocodiles live to an average age of 60 years but have been known to live up to 130 years
Crocodiles have been around for 240 million years and are realted to the bird species and dinasours
A crocodile teeth gets replaced throughout its life
The bite force of a crocodile is 5000 pounds per [...]
Posted in Did you know?, tagged Family Safari, lions, travel, Zambia on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The lions scientific name is Felidae Panthera Leo
Lions in the grass
The average lifespan of a lion is 15 years
A lions eyesight is 5 times better than humans and they can hear their prey from more than 1 mile away
Lions eat up to 15 pounds of meat per day
Lions can run with speeds up to 80km/hour
Lions are [...]
Posted in Did you know?, tagged africa, giraffe, safari on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Giraffe roaming the plains
The scientific name for giraffe is camelopardalis and the word giraffe means ‘the one who works swiftly’.
Giraffes are the tallets living creatures and have the longest necks and largest hearts weighing up to 29lbs (that’s 40 times larger than a human heart)
A giraffes foot is 9 inches wide and 11 inches long
Every [...]
Posted in Did you know?, tagged Botswana Safari, elephants, Zambia Safari on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Watching elephants on safari
The average African elephant weighs 15,400 pounds
Elephants have an average life expectancy of 70 years
Elephants spend 16 hours a day eating and consume 495 pounds of food everyday
Elephants ivory tusks are in fact enourmous incisors
Elephants have greeting ceremonies when a friend that has been away returns
Elephants are sensitive and show empathy towards their [...]
Posted in Did you know?, General, tagged Gorilla Safari, gorillas, mountain gorillas on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are only 720 mountain gorillas left in the world – that is 1 gorilla for every 10 million humans
Like humans – gorillas have phobias like a fear of caterpillars and chameleons. Koko a gorilla born in captivity has a fear of crocodiles and alligator’s, without ever having seen them
Gorillas share 98% common DNA with [...]
