Snakes

Snakes are reptiles (cold-blooded creatures). They belong to the same group as lizards (the scaled group,
Squamata) but from a sub-group of their own (Serpentes)
Appearance
Snakes have two legs but a long time ago they had claws to help them slither along.
Snakes are not slimy. They are covered in scales which are just bumps on the skin. Their skin is hard and
glossy to reduce friction as the snake slithers along the ground
Behaviour
Snakes often sun bake on rocks in the warm weather. This is because snakes are cold-blooded and they
need the sun’s warmth to heat their boy up.
Most snakes live in the country. Some types of snakes live in trees, some live in water, but most live on
the ground in deserted rabbit burrows, in thick, long grass and in old logs
A snake’s diet usually consists of frogs, lizards, and mice and other snakes. The Anaconda can eat small
crocodiles and even boars.
Many snakes protect themselves with their fangs. Boa Constrictors can give you a bear hug which is so
powerful it can crush every single bone in your body. Some snakes are protected by scaring their
enemies away like the Cobra. The flying snakes glides away from danger. Their ribs spread apart and the
skin stretches out. Its technique is just like the sugar glider’s

ELEPHANTS

An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal which
it has thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white
tusks and above all, elephant has a long nose, the trunk. An elephant is commonly seen in a zoo,
it has hard found in it natural habitat.
The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature. This trunk has various usages. The elephant
draws up water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its body like a shower bath. The
elephant's trunk also lift leaves and put them into its mouth. In fact, the trunk serves the elephant
as long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet an elephant can move
very quickly.
The elephant is very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength
makes an elephant a very useful servant to man. Elephant can be trained to serve in various ways
such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight. An elephant is really a smart animal.

Gorillas
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Gorillas are the largest of all the primates, the animal order including lemurs, tarsiers,
monkeys, and apes. They are the anthropoid apes which have the greater in size. Gorillas are
terrestrial animals, inhabiting the land, not the water. Many of them live in forests of central
West Africa.
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 A male gorilla can be 180 centi meters tall and can weigh 200 kilo grams. Physically gorillas
are very powerful, but they do not often fight. In fact they are peaceful animals. Gorillas live in
small family groups of about 15. In a group, there is one strong, other male, some young male,
and a few females with their babies. Like some other kinds of apes, they are vegetarians. They
move slowly around a large area of jungle eating leaves and bushes.
In some ways gorillas are like humans. However, according to some careful research, they are
not the ancestors of human beings. Unfortunately, people hunt and kill gorillas. People also cut
down and burn their trees where they live. There are now only about 10,000 gorillas left in the
world.
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Lions
Lions are wild animals that eat meat. It means that lions are carnivores. Lions are
magnificent animals that appear as a symbol of power, courage and nobility and national flags in
many civilizations. Wild lions currently exist in Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered
remnant population.
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Lions live for ten to fourteen years in the wild, while in captivity they can live longer than
twenty years. In the wild, males seldom live longer than ten years, as injuries sustained from
continual fighting with rival males greatly reduce their longevity. They typically inhabit savanna
and grassland, although they may take to bush and forest.

Lions are unusually social compared to other cats. A pride of lions consists of related
females and offspring and a small number of adult males. Groups of female lions typically hunt
together, preying mostly on large ungulates, such as Zebras, Deers, and Buffalos. Lions are apex
and keystone predators.

Visually, the male lion is highly distinctive and is easily recognized by its mane. Mature
male lions are unique among the cat species for the thick mane of brown or black hair encircling
the head and neck. Both male and female lions roar, a sound which can be heard as far as 8
kilometers away. However, Male lions are bigger than female lions.
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A Kangaroo

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called a
wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and very strong back
legs and a tail. These they use for sitting up on and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to
make forward jumps of over eight meters, and leap across fences more than three meters high.
They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adults grow to a
length of 1.60 meters and weigh over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the
front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this
pouch where it spends its first five months of life.