Wildlife
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Zambia Travel Guide/Wildlife
A relative of the horse family (Equidae) the zebra is a gregarious animal moving in herds of 20 t o 100 or more. They often move with wildebeest and occasionally hartebeest or roan. This rather casual symbiosis with other species allows them to...
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Zambia Travel Guide/Wildlife
NIGHT APE Similar to the bush baby but smaller in body size, more triangular face with huge big eyes, and a long thin tail with a fluffy end. They are arboreal and strictly nocturnal occurring in a variety of woodland types, especially Acacia,...
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Zambia Travel Guide/Wildlife
AARDVARK Otherwise known as the Antbear, this strange looking animals is found in various habitats but is a very rare sight due to its secretive nocturnal habits. It has long ears, a blunt tubular snout and a long prehensile tongue which it uses to...
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Zambia Travel Guide/Wildlife
Hippos are plentiful in Zambia’s many waterways and often groups of over 60 can be seen in one spot, especially along the Luangwa River where the official count is 48 per kilometre of river. They are vegetarian animals, feeding mainly at night...
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Zambia Travel Guide/Wildlife
Cheetah are present in the larger national parks but very scarce and not often seen. Kafue NP offers the best opportunities They usually move in small family groups and occasionally alone, They favour open country and light woodland. They prey on...
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Zambia Travel Guide/Wildlife
The most secretive and elusive of the large carnivores, the leopard is also the shrewdest. Pound for pound, it is the strongest climber of the large cats and capable of killing prey larger than itself. The leopard is a solitary animal, hunting...
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Zambia Travel Guide/Wildlife
CROCODILE Very prolific along most of Zambia’s rivers, lakes and dams. It is the only reptile that shows any maternal instinct. In September, when the water is low, the female will dig a hole and deposit between 45 and ninety eggs, perfectly...
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Zambia Travel Guide/Wildlife
An elephant’s social life is organised around a family unit, which consists of an adult female and her offspring and two or more closely related females and their offspring. Bulls leave the family unit at puberty when they are about 16 years old...
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