Thursday, December 12, 2013

THE BIG FIVE

The Big Five

BIG FIVE animals from the kingdom animalis which called that name (big five) by the early hunters, because they were so hide to see them during the hunting time and they have a difference characterics.

BIG FIVE have a special characteristics, first have TROPHY, Have VIGARAOUS ATTACK,etc.
In this group,there are ELEPHANT,LION,BUFFALO,LEOPARD,and RHINO,all those a member of a big five and you can spot them in Tanzania national park (serengeti,manyara,tarangire,ngorongoro and etc).

Elephant is  second largest animal in the world, but the first is blue whale. Elephant posses a trunk and use this trunk in the many way. They use trunk when they browse (this is style of feed the food on the top of tree or get leaves which found on top of tree).

Lion is one of big five member.they are carnivore,they eat on meat like leopard,cheetah and wilddog. Lion is a largest carnivore in Africa,they hunting by using ambusing style and female is good in hunting than a female.
They found in Tanzania park.

Even a leopard is one of big five, they feed on meat like a lion but they are selfish and they are solitary but they are social in mating season.They are found in national here in Tanzania like serengeti. They are able to climb a tree.

Buffalo is big five animal which looking like a "cow" and they can hybridize with cow. male is larger than a female and they use BOOMING ATTACK as antpredation. They are hunted by hunters and poached by poacher.
Even buffalo found in Tanzania parks.

The last member of big five is a Rhino whicg are not many in our parks,this is because,they were poachered much and they are indangered animals and they are under CITES. In the world there are two species of rhino, black and white rhino. Rhino is one of the largest mammal in the world.