Africa
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Man-eaters: Crocodile Gustave
Gustave crocodile – the largest contemporary man-eater Gustave is the largest man-eater which lives nowadays. It is a Nile crocodile,…
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Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya, “The Smoke that Thunders”) Victoria means “victory”. The symbol of the victory of nature over human capabilities could…
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Bactrian camel and dromedary
Camel (Camelus) Camels have to cope with the extremely difficult living conditions in the desert. They have therefore developed a…
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Pygmy hippopotamus – night loner
The pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis / Hexaprotodon liberiensis) While the common hippo has been known to Europeans since ancient times,…
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Hippopotamus – the river horse
The hippopotamus, hippo The name hippopotamus comes from the Greek language, where the individual components mean: ‘ιπποπότόμος (hippopotamos, hippos -‘…
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