Amazing Facts of Wild Animals of Africa

African animals are most beautiful,  so many to see and hide from, they are dangerous and friendly,  their nature of life is different and people are curious about these animals.

Aardvark or Antbears

These animals are found around Africa, especially, where the soil is lose, not in equatorial regions, only where there is plenty of termites,  a well-suited diet.

The teeth of the antbear  are not so well developed, eating insects and soft fruit is ideal.  It  is recognised with a  long pig-like snout tubular ears, thickish tale and powerful stout legs, a grayish to yellow with fawn and grayish colour skin,  well fitted to its environment. It claws are like bears digging claws and leaves a distinctive three-marked tract.

A solitary animal, are nocturnal, not seen in the day, and normally will be asleep in hole which covers behind them. Only one young born in the late winter. They are omnivores, a lifespan of eleven years,  males  have a weigh of sixty three kilograms, and females are sixty one kilograms.

Civet

An African animal, found in the bushveld regions, close  to rivers, and dams.  It prefers to hide in shrubs and trees, these animals are well known for their strong odour, secretions from their scented glands. A scent which is known as musk is one of the components of some perfumes.

Civets are solitary animals, are large, mostly out at night, and eat small creatures, like,lizards, hollow bugs, rats, mice, birds, and insects. During the day they hide out in bushes, or vegetation.

The coats of Civets are well blended with its surroundings not easily detected. Similar to the  coats of leopards and cheetahs.

 A female has four young, after two months of gestation. A carnivore, and lives up to twelve years.  The males weigh  fourteen kilograms while the females are fifteen kilograms.