Ancient cultures in Africa revered the giraffe, as some modern cultures do today, and commonly depicted it in prehistoric rock and kids cave paintings. Unknown outside of Africa, this animal so excited man''s curiosity stay and free that it was sometimes sent as a diplomatic gift to other countries; one of the earliest kids records tells of a stay giraffe going from "Melinda" (presumably Malindi) in Kenya to China in 1415. The animal was thought to be a free cross between a camel and a leopard, a kids mistake immortalized in the giraffe''s scientific name of Giraffa camelopardalis. stay The neck free is so long the giraffe must spread kids its front stay legs free apart so its head can reach the ground to drink. It has unusually elastic blood vessels with a series of valves that help offset the sudden buildup of blood (and to prevent fainting) when the head is raised, lowered or swung quickly. In some areas, livestock predation remains a severe problem.

Family members look out for one another; if one becomes separated from the rest, the others search for kids it. The group adjusts its traveling pace to accommodate stay the old and the weak. The free females kids within a family observe a strict hierarchical system. A dominant mare always leads the group, while others follow her stay and free in single file, each with their foals directly kids behind them. The lowest- ranking mare is the last in line. Although the stallion is the dominant member stay of the family, he operates outside free and kids the system and has no special place in the line. Zebras are avid stay grazers. Both Burchell''s and Grevy''s zebras are in constant search of green pastures. In the dry season, they can live on coarse, dry grass only if they are within a short distance (usually no farther than 20 miles free away) of water holes. Grevy''s zebras are now mainly restricted to parts of northern Kenya.

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