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elephant

An adult elephant is one of the few mammals that cannot jump, never lifting all four feet off the ground at once.

tiger

A tiger's skin is striped, not just its fur, and no two tigers wear the same stripe pattern, like fingerprints.

giraffe

A giraffe has the same seven neck bones as a human, but each one can be over ten inches long.

cheetah

A cheetah can accelerate from zero to sixty miles an hour in about three seconds, faster than most sports cars.

gorilla

Gorillas share about ninety-eight percent of their DNA with humans, and each has a unique nose print used to identify individuals.

leopard

A leopard often hauls its kill high into a tree, keeping the meal safe from lions and hyenas prowling below.

kangaroo

A kangaroo cannot walk backward, one reason it appears on Australia's coat of arms as a symbol of moving forward.

buffalo

African buffalo move in huge herds and will mob a lion together, making them one of the few animals big cats fear.

antelope

Springbok antelope perform a stiff-legged bouncing leap called pronking, springing straight up with their backs arched high and heads down.

porcupine

A porcupine cannot shoot its quills, but the barbed spines detach on contact and are painful to pull out.

meerkat

Meerkats take turns standing guard on their hind legs while the rest of the group forages, barking to warn of hawks.

warthog

A warthog kneels on its padded front wrists to dig and graze, and reverses into burrows so its tusks face out.

gazelle

A gazelle leaps in a springing display called stotting, seeming to signal predators that it is too fit to bother chasing.

panther

Panther is not a species but a name for black leopards and jaguars, whose spots hide beneath their dark fur.

raccoon

A raccoon often dunks and rubs its food in water, and its clever paws can open latches, jars, and doors.

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