SAVANNA

AFRICAN ELEPHANT

• It is the worlds largest land animal.
• It can weight up to 10,000 pounds, and 12 feet tall.
• They live for about 70 years.
• It's tusks are made from ivory.
• It's skin protects it from predators

CHACMA BABOON

• They eat fruit, roots, plants, and bugs
• They sometimes becomes foster parents if a mom dies
• They can run up to 40 miles per hours
• Baboons don't live in trees
• Males can weigh up to 97 pounds

BLACK MAMBA

• It's the most deadly snake in the world
• They eat small animals and birds
• It's poison can kill almost anything
• They can lunge up to 6 feet

EMU

• Emus forgot how to fly because they didn't need to escape predators
• The only predators to emus are people
• When the father sits on his egg he can lose up to 20 pounds
• They can weigh up to 120 pounds
• They mate when there 18 months old

KOALA BEARS

• Newborns only weigh 1gram
• They can figure out if a leaf is poisonous by smelling it
• Females mate at the age of 3 or 4
• It's killed by Dingoes, dog, foxes, humans, most of all forest fires
• The baby's are called joeys

ELEPHANT GRASS

• It originally came from Africa
• It can get up to ten feet tall
• It grows alongside rivers
• They are 1 inch thick by the base
• Farmers cut the grass for their animals

UMBRELLA THORN ACACIA

• It is a very common tree in the Savannah
• It can grow with annual rainfall of 4cm
• It can survive when the temps about 122 degrees Fahrenheit
• It can survive some frigid temperatures at night
• It grows in sand dunes and rocky grounds

MANKETTI TREE

• It prefers dry climates
• It does not need much rain
• It grows in wooded hills and sand dunes
• It can grow to be 44-66 feet
• It is also called the featherweight tree and the mangogo tree

SENEGAL GUM TREE

• Is a small average sized thorn tree
• The flowers on it are cream colored
• It's a thorn tree
• It grows the flowers on spikes above its thorns
• It can grow up to 20 m tall

BERMUDA GRASS

• It's one of the most sun loving plants
• It grows in open plains where it is disturbed by grazing, floods, and fires
• It is often found in pastures
• It is also called dogtooth, wire, Devils, and couch grass
• They turn brown when it's has climate change