Animals

Baby elephant

Zebra

Buffaloes on the way

Did you know that - Buffalo are reported to kill more hunters in Africa than any other animal. They are known to ambush hunters that have wounded or injured them.

Lion's family

Did you know that male lions defend the pride’s territory while females do most of the hunting. Despite this, the males eat first.

Angry cat

Did you know that the roar of a lion can be heard from 8 kilometers (5.0 miles) away?

White rhino

Pure parrots's lova

Hide and seek

Little Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel

Little Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel

Zebras feeding

Family time

Did you know that African lions are the most social of all big cats and live together in groups or “prides.” A pride consists of about 15 lions?

One head with two backs

Sweet couple

Did you know that the African Penguin is listed in the Red Data Book as an endangered species. Of the 1.5-million African Penguin population estimated in 1910, only some 10% remained at the end of the 20th century. The uncontrolled harvesting of penguin eggs (as a source of food), and guano scraping, nearly drove the species to extinction. More recent threats are oil spills, overfishing of pelagic stocks, unnatural predation by domestic animals and kelp gulls, habitat destructions, climate change.

African Penguin

Did you know that because of their donkey-like braying call they were previously named the Jackass Penguin. Since several species of South American penguins (also in the Spheniscus family) produce the same sound, the birds have been renamed African Penguins, as they are the only example of the species that breed in Africa.

Beautiful bird

Did you know that African Penguins can swim at an average speed of seven kilometres per hour, and can stay submerged for up to two minutes. Their diet consists mainly of pelagic fish such as pilchards and anchovy, but they may consume squid as well.

African Penguins

Did you know that their distinctive black and white colouring is a vital form of camouflage – white for underwater predators looking upwards and black for predators looking down onto the water.