Name: Eastern Yellow-Billed Hornbill also known as Yellow-Billed Hornbill Scientific Name: Tockus flavirostris African Names: Buurtuu (Hausa), Ndege (Kiswahili), Mbizi(Kiswahili), Kwembe (Kiswahili), Kholwane (Zulu) Length: 18 inches to 24 inches Average Adult Weight: 6 to 10 ounces Life Span: The…
Name: Dung Beetle (also called tumblebug) Latin Name: Phanaeus vindex MacLachlan; Onthophagus gazella Fabricius Length: 3 to 50 millimeters long Life Span: Up to 3 years. Description: Some dung beetles are metallic blue and green and also copper in color…
Name: Cheetah Latin Name: Acinonyx jubatus African Names: Duma (Swahili), Msongo (Swahili), Liwinji (Luo), Kwaj Kiriri (Luo), Nkonkoni (Zulu), Didigwe (Shona), Letlôtse (Tswana) Height: Cheetahs average height is 35 inches. Cheetahs are 45 inches to 53 inches long and their…
Kenyan currency is made up of shillings and cents. There are 100 cents to a shilling. In October of 1992 the US dollar was worth about 33 shillings. By February 1993, the US dollar was about 66 shillings. The prices…
Name: African Lion Scientific Name: Panthera Leo African Names: Shumba (Shona), Simba (Swahili), Tau (Tswana), Mbube (Zulu) Height: 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 feet in length not including tail Average Adult Weight: 265 to 420 pounds Life Span: 10 to…