Mammals

Small 5

• Elephant shrew
• Ant lion
• Buffalo weaver
• Rhino beetle
• Leopard tortoise

Big 5

• Elephant (biggest land mammal)
• Lion ( biggest cat, represent pride)
• Buffalo(strength, aggression)
• Rhino (Unique, strong)
• Leopard (Very strong, brave, smart)

Facts about Mammals
Blue Wildebeest:

• Other name: Gnu
• They sleep in rows on ground
• Lifespan=20 years
• Calves can stand and run within 3-7 minutes

Impala:

• Females wander in and out of male territories, when they go out, males try to herd them back to the center.
• Males mark their territory by rubbing secretions of fluid from his face onto twigs and grasses.
• They can leap 3metres
• They secrete a scent of their heels, if their running from predator, so the herd can stand together 

Zebra:

• Their stripes are unique, they recognize each other by their stripes
• Zebra's keep their foals for 2-3 days away from the rest of the herd, so the foal can learn its mother's smell and recognize her from other animals.
• Adult males are quick to defend their families.
• When babies are born their legs are the same length as their mothers so predators won't see that they are young. 
• Babies eat their mothers dung, for the good bacteria that help them with a good immune system.
• Zebra's manes are always up, if it's lying down, it's sick

Blesbuck: 

• Babies have black  faces to absorb the heat, they need. Adults have white faces to reflect the heat away from their face, so they won't over heat.
• The name comes from their white faces, that looks bles.
• The Tsetse fly lie her eggs in their noses, so the larvae is in their noses and it's irritating them that's why they always shake their heads

Gemsbuck:

• Their horns are 85cm long
• Female horns are most desirable than male horns
• Their horns can be made into a natural trumpet
• They do not depend on drinking
• They can run up to 56km/h

Warthog:

• Name  comes from their warts on their face
• Warts are used to defend themselves, and to reserve fat
• They're the only pig species that has adapted to grazing and the savanna
• They have been observed allowing mongooses to groom them and remove their ticks

Common duiker:

• Height:50cm
• They're the only meat eating animal
• They avoid grasslands ( where there's no shelter)
• Gestation period: 3months

Eland

• They can jump 2 meters easily
• They are the biggest anthelope.

Giraffe:

• They have 7 vertebra's in their neck, same as humans
• their tongue is 45 cm long
• Their heart is 12kg as big as a basketball

Red Hartebeest:

• They are the 2nd fastest anthelope
• Male and females have horns