AFRICA AND THE ANIMALS
Animals
here are more animal species in Africa than in any other
continent .
The creatures include:
45 types of monkey and two great apes - our closest relatives, the chimpanzee
and the gorilla.
Around 2,000 different...
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AFRICA AND THE ANIMALS
Animals
here are more animal species in Africa than in any other
continent .
The creatures include:
45 types of monkey and two great apes - our closest relatives, the chimpanzee
and the gorilla.
Around 2,000 different freshwater fish - one lake alone contains 200 species.
Marine mammals like whales, dolphins and porpoises.
1,775 types of bird, including the ostrich and the eagle.
Reptiles like lizards, snakes, crocodiles and tortoises.
Lots of creepy-crawlies such as butterflies, stick insects, termites, ants,
grasshoppers, dung beetles and many spiders.
Animals in danger
Several of the species in Africa are endangered
A species is said to be endangered when
there are so few of its kind left it could disappear
from the planet altogether and become "extinct".
Extinct means when an animal hasn t been
crocodile skins is illegal in many African seen in
the wild for 50 years.
Elephants are killed for their ivory tusks,
which are
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