Zebras, horses and wild asses are all equids, long-lived animals that move quickly for their large size and have teeth built for grinding and cropping grass. Zebras have horselike bodies, but their manes are made of short, erect hair, their tails are tufted at the tip and their coats are striped.

Physical Characteristic

• The Burchell's zebra is built like a stocky pony.
• Its coat pattern can vary greatly in number and width of stripes.
• The stripes are a form of disruptive coloration which breaks up the outline of the body. At dawn or in the evening, when their predators are most active, zebras look indistinct and may confuse predators by distorting distance.
• Their shiny coats dissipate over 70% of incoming heat.
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The giraffe is the tallest living animal, uniquely adapted to reach vegetation inaccessible to other herbivores. Giraffes have a distinctive walking gait, moving both right legs forward, then both left. It can run up to 56 kilometres an hour or 35 miles per hour.Their "horns" are actually knobs covered with skin and hair above the eyes that protect the head from injury.

African elephants are distinguished from Asian elephants in several ways, the most noticeable being their ears. Africans' ears are much larger and are shaped – some note – like the continent of their origin. The African is typically larger than the Asian and has a concave back

Physical Characteristics

• They use their trunks to tear up their food and then place it in their mouth.
• Have two fingerlike projections at the tip of their trunk.
• Over their lives they usually have 28 teeth.
• An elephant's skin is extremely tough around most parts of its body and measures about 2.5 centimetres.
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Behaviour

Elephants live in a very structured social order. The social lives of male and female elephants are very different. The females spend their entire lives in tightly knit family groups made up of mothers, daughters, sisters, and aunts. These groups are led by the eldest female, or matriarch. Adult males, on the other hand, live mostly solitary lives.

The life of the adult male is very different. As he gets older, he begins to spend more time at the edge of the herd, gradually going off on his own for hours or days at a time. Eventually, days become weeks, and somewhere around the age of fourteen, the mature male, or bull, sets out from his natal group for good.

While males do live primarily solitary lives, they will occasionally form loose associations with other males. These groups are called bachelor herds. The males spend much more time than the females fighting for dominance with each other. Only the most dominant males will be permitted to breed with cycling females. The less dominant ones must wait their turn.

The Luo live on the shores of Lake Victoria and are Kenya's third largest ethnic group. Known for their fishing culture,the are the main motivation behind this painting..

The cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal. Over short distances, it can sprint up to 70 miles per hour. Built for speed, it has long, slim, muscular legs, a small, rounded head set on a long neck, a flexible spine, a deep chest, special pads on its feet for traction and a

Behaviour

• The cheetah is a solitary animal.
• The female is alone or with her cubs.
• Cheetah mothers spend a long time teaching their young how to hunt. Small live antelopes are brought back to the cubs so they can learn to chase and catch them.
• Cheetahs purr, hiss, whine, grow and chirp like birds.
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Leopards are solitary creatures and predominately nocturnal. Each individual has a home range that overlaps with its neighbors; the male's range is much larger and generally overlaps with those of several females.