Hey guys it's Kerry today I'm featuring East African animals
lion lions in east Africa weigh slightly less than those in south
Africa in east Africa lions are left free to
roam across the landscape much as they have for thousands of years
whereas they are fenced in and well tended in
south Africa the largest lion populations in
east Africa are those in Serengeti national park in Tanzania
and the Maasai Mara national reserve in Kenya
the Maasai lion inhabits east African countries
such as Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania and Mozambique
these lions have longer legs than other subspecies of
lions African bush elephant
they have creased grey skin covered with papillae
the thicker mobile skin covers the majority of the body
while bumpy skin covers areas that require a lot of movement
smooth skin can be found on delicate areas of the body
are elephants brown or grey the natural color is greyish black but
an elephant usually appears to be the same
color as the soil where it lives so in
Africa elephants look brown or reddish brown
after wallowing in coloured mud
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cheetah while running a cheetah's specially adapted respiratory
system allows it to go from a normal rate of 60 breaths per minute
to 150 breaths per minute less developed whiskers around the face
suggest that cheetahs are not as active hunting at night
compared to other fellids cheetahs paws are narrow their claws are
blunt slightly curved and only
semi-retractable their claws are like running spikes
ridges running along the footpad give extra traction
rhino males and females spray urine to advertise reproductive receptivity
the female will also lift and cock her tail
at an angle the male sniffs the female's rear end
or urine using the flehman response once the female is found the male will
follow her they both will playfully nudge heads and
joust with their horns the male mounts the female and
copulation can last for half an hour or more both males and females are
polygamous the male will defend a receptive female
by charging at a potential competitor
plains zebra or Burchell's zebra live in the treeless grasslands and wood
lands of eastern Africa these stripes are
especially wide becoming wider and more horizontal
towards the flanks and rear of the body
the zebra they evolved among the old world horses within the last four
million years it has been suggested that zebras are
paraphyletic and that striped equids evolved more
than once there are three extant subspecies
the plain zebra mountain zebra and greys zebra
cape buffalo African buffalo can inhabit practically any habitat with
permanent water and grass
compared with other large bovids it has a long
but stocky body and short but thick set legs resulting in a relatively short
standing height they can weigh up to 1 000 kilograms
blue wildebeest stands 1.5 meters tall at the shoulder
and weighs up to 250 kilograms their horns protrude to the side then
curve downwards before curving up back towards the skull
black wildebeest has a white tail and weighs 180 kilograms
the horns of the black wildebeest curve forward then downward
before curving upwards at the tips
this is a blue wildebeest calf
black wildebeest usually have a white or gray tail
spotted hyena the females are extremely masculinated the genitalia of both sexes
looks much the same the females are larger than the males and very
dominant they weigh in at 70 kilograms
body length from head to toe is 1.5 meters
they have a bite force of 1100 psi eland these are actually giant elands
but they're much the same these are just a little bit bigger
the eland males weigh up to 1 000 kilograms they have a dewlap which is an
adaption for heat dissipation and hangs from the throat and neck
heavy horns are twisted into a corkscrew fashion
and can grow to 1.2 meters fighting between males is done with
their horns males feel out each other's horns and
then push with all their might
hirola both sexes have horns that can grow to
70 centimeters when males fight they fight on their knees although play
fighting takes place in an upright position
Thompson gazelle is the most common type of gazelle in east Africa
it can reach speeds of up to 90 kilometers per hour
it is the fourth fastest land animal after the cheetah
its main predator the pronghorn and springbok
it is up to 70 centimeters tall at the shoulder
and weighs up to 35 kilograms the tail is 27
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