The name “aardvark” means “earth pig” in Afrikaans, a language widely-spoken in southern Africa. Despite the name, the aardvark is not related to pigs. In fact, the species’ closest relatives belong to a group of animals, Afrotheria, that evolved in Africa. This group contains animals...
The name ‘springbok’ comes from the Afrikaans word forjump(‘spring’), and refers to their incredible bouncing abilities. If you’re lucky, you will catch their elegant ‘pronking’ or ‘stotting’, which describes their habit of randomly jumping into the air with a stiff-legged posture....
Afrikaans: Belladonna (book I), Bane (books V and VII) Bulgarian: Бейн (Beyn) Chinese (Simplified): 贝恩 (bèi'ēn, transliteration of the original) Chinese (Traditional): 禍頭 (禍 means "disaster") Croatian: Bein Dutch: Ban (Bannen "exile someone") Greek, Ancient: Ἄτηρο...
We have all mostly seen wild animals as zoo inhabitants or in television documentaries, but never in their natural habitat. Africa has been blessed with a variety of beautiful animal species such as the carnivores, herbivores, snakes, primates, aquatic animals like crocodiles and amphibians, etc. ...
The boomslang (Dispholidus typusis) is themost venomous rear-fanged snakein the world. It occurs insub-Saharan Africa. Its name, “boomslang”, comes from theAfrikaans word“tree snake”. It is, therefore, a “tree-dwelling” snake species. ...
Kenya is known for an amazing collection of wildlife and this is a list of animals you can see during a Kenya Safari including mammals and bird
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The aardvark is an African mammal. Its name means 'earth pig' in Afrikaans, a language spoken in southern Africa. The animal's name comes from its excellent burrowing ability. The aardvark's diet consists almost entirely of ants and termites. ...
She won the dangerous and challenging job, and for many years traveled the badlands with her pet eagle, protecting the mail from outlaws and wild animals, never losing a single horse or package. Fields helped pave the way for other women and people of color to become stagecoach drivers and ...
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