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- The stomach of crocodile has a size of football ball, he eats little, but many times per day.
- Hippo weights 3,2 tones and is one of the heaviest land mammals.
- Giraffe is one of the rare animals that have horns at birth.
- The elephants walk on tiptoe, because under their heel they have thick layer of fat.
- The biggest snakes of the world can eat a human in one time and a meal lasts for one year.
- Flamingos get the color of their feathers because of their specific nutrition.
- African elephant can run faster then a human and can walk several hours without any rest.
- In first year of hippo’s life 45% of them die.
- Shark is swimming with average speed of 3km/h and maximum speed of 95 km/h.
- Giraffe has a same number of vertebrae like most of the mammals, but theirs are much longer.
- Bushbabies got a name because of their sounds that reminded first explorers of crying babies.
- Elephants communicate through vibrations that they make by hitting the ground with their feet.
- Most of the elephants sleep standing and only 2-3 hours per day.
- Hippo can stay 5 minutes under the water-surface and can even run on the bottom of the lake.
- The biggest known shark in the world was 13 meters long and had 15 tones
- Leopard likes to drink water everyday, but he can stay without it up to one month.
- Wild elephant can eat 230 kg of food and drink 125 liters of water per day sometimes at once.
- Near relative of African ostrich is South American nandu and Australian emus.
- Ostrich, zebra and giraffe can kill with their kick even the mighty lion.
- Turtles, birds and crocs like to rest on the backs of hippos.
- African tribes are hunting bushbabies by leaving a palm wine in the forest and collecting drunk animals from it.
- Warthog can run 50 km/h and they are very skillful to defend themselves.
- The head of the rhino weights 200 kg.
- Black leopard or Panther was first considered as different species, but in same family can be puppies of normal and black colour.
- The biggest turtle in the world is belonging to the species of leatherback and weights 752 kg.
- The grey rat is living everywhere in the world except polar countries. One couple can have up to 800 babies in just one year.
- Insect-eating bats produce ultrasound of very high frequency, with echoes that bounce back, they get all necessary information.
- One of the most shamefaced animals in area of high and low tide is octopus.
- The longest recorded jump of bushbaby from one branch to another was more then 7 meters.
- From 1830 on each year 10 to 30 thousand slaves were sold at slave market on Zanzibar.
- Coconut palm can live up to 100 years but can reproduce only 20 years.
- Warthog’s only enemies are lion and leopard.
- In darkness leopard can see 6 times and hear 2 times better then human.
- Monkey species of red colobus are living only in forest Jozani on Zanzibar Island.
- Cheetahs are running 120 km/h, but only 20 seconds. This is still enough for successful hunting.
- Insectivorous bats obtain most of the water they need from their prey, cave bats can lick up condensation.
Mahale Mountains NP
National Park Mahale Mountains is home to 1000 chimpanzees and several other primate species, mammals, birds and other animals. It is covering about 1.610 km2 (615 sq. miles) and it is roughly 30 times larger then Gombe Stream National Park on a north side. The park was established in 1980, when it was still a place to live for Batongwe and Waholoholo tribes, but there was never a big population of them.
Location
Somewhere on the half length of Lake Tanganyika is located National Park Mahale Mountains. It’s lying on lakes eastern shore.
Natural heritage
Many people consider this park as one of the very remote places because it is reachable only by air or by ferry on Lake Tanganyika. Inside of the park there are no means of transportation, the only way to go around is walk. There are quite some walking treks that give you possibility to search around the park.
Vegetation
The area is rich in diverse vegetation. It has nothing less then seven vegetation zones. It offer grass steppe, acacia savanna, baobabs woodland, riverine forest, rainforest and montane forest.
Wildlife
The most important part of park is wildlife with enormous concentration of chimpanzee compare to other national parks that have usually none. It is fascinating experience to come into contact with chimpanzee families. The studies about them are going on from 1961. Today this is one of the last places in Africa and also in the world where it is possible to watch chimpanzees in their natural habitat and observe their daily lives in close proximity.
Beside main attraction Mahale Mountains are rewarded with some other species like: warthog, other monkeys, elephant, zebra, buffalo, roan and sable antelope, giraffes, squirrel and many birds.
Travel condition
It is not allowed for children less then 10 years old to visit the chimpanzees as well as all the visitors who have a contagious disease.
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