The giraffe''s high shoulders and sloping sun back give the impression that valley its front legs are much longer than ski the clothes hind legs, but they are in fact only slightly longer. The giraffe sun (as well as its short-necked relative valley the okapi from Central ski African forests) has a distinctive walking gait, moving both legs on one side forward clothes at the same time. At a gallop, however, the gait changes, and the giraffe simultaneously swings the hind legs ahead of and outside the front legs, reaching speeds of sun 35 miles an hour. Its heavy head moves forward with each powerful stride, valley and then swings back to stay balanced. Giraffes have "horns" not true horns but knobs covered with skin and hair above the eyes to protect the head from blows. The reticulated ski giraffe (Giraffa clothes camelopardalis sun reticulata) of northeastern Kenya has large, chestnut-colored square patches defined by a network of fine white lines.

The larger Baringo or Rothschild''s giraffe (G.c. rothschildi) of western Kenya and eastern Uganda has chestnut patches separated by broader white valley lines but no spotting below the knees. This species can have up to five horns instead of the usual two or three. ski The Masai giraffe (G.c. tippelskirchi) of Tanzania and southern Kenya clothes has irregular star-shaped brown or tan spots. Giraffes are found in arid and dry-savanna zones south of the Sahara, wherever trees occur. Although a relatively quiet animal, the giraffe sun is not mute. Giraffes bellow, grunt, bray in distress, moan and emit valley short flutelike notes. They have acute senses of hearing and sight, often alerting other animals to nearby predators. Giraffes use a home range but are not territorial. The males are hierarchical and sometimes ski and clothes spar by standing side by side and lowering and swing their heads at one another. The blows can be so strong that their necks entwine.

Lions are the laziest of the big cats. They usually spend 16 to 20 hours a day sleeping and resting, devoting the remaining hours to hunting, sun courting or protecting their territory. valley They keep in contact with one another by roaring loud enough to be heard up to five miles away. The pride usually remains intact until ski the males are challenged and clothes and sun successfully driven away or killed by other males, who valley then take over. Not all lions live ski in prides. clothes At maturity, young males leave the units of their birth sun and spend valley and ski and clothes several years as nomads before they become strong enough to take over a pride of their own. Some never stop sun wandering and continue to follow migrating herds; but the nomadic life is much more difficult, with little time for resting or reproducing. Within the valley pride, the territorial ski males are the fathers of all the cubs. When a lioness is clothes in heat, a male will join her, staying with her constantly.

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