Welcome+to+the+African+Savannah

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= = =**﻿**= =What is the African Savannah?=

• The African savanna is a rolling grassland or plains dotted with trees. **﻿**
=• Africa has a wet season and dry season. In wetseason there is an average of 15-20 inches of rain. In the dry season there is only an average of 4 inches of rain fall, and no rain at all from December to February. = =• The animals in Africa are well adapted to deal with the changes in wet or dry season which causes the herd mammals who are herbivores to migrate. = =• There are 45 species of mammal in Africa and some of them help to feed the Lions. = =• Each mammal has its own niche in the African Savanna. = =• Lions are "Predators", they live in a family called a Pride and they eat other mamals to survive. Other mammals are called the herd or prey mammals like Zebras. = =• Elephants and Giraffes are herbivores which eat theleaves from the tops of trees while others like Cape Buffalo,Warthogs, and Zebras grazeon the grass below. = =• All of the mammals of the African Savanna areco-dependent living out their lives together in freedom as they fight to survive. =

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