African animals for kids

Africa is home to some of the biggest land animals on Earth. These guides cover African bush elephants, gorillas, giraffes, rhinos and meerkats. You can find out how strong a silverback gorilla is and how fast a gorilla can run. The rhino guides explain why so few white rhinos are left in the wild. One guide asks what elephants think of people, using what scientists have learned. Most of the guides cover where each animal lives, what it eats and how it keeps its young safe.

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Guides with games inside: put history in order, match the pairs, spot the myth, then take the final quiz.

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