LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALS

Maaz Hamid | 6 S

THE LIONLIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALS

Living Habits  The lions live in ‘prides’ usually comprising 2 adults

and few cubs

Lions are cooperative group hunters and usually hunt as a team

Lionesses are hunters, cub bearers, property owners and defenders

Lionesses along with the cubs live in the den but once the cubs are old enough to protect themselves, they move out and join the tribe and from then onwards, they live in the open

Eating Habits

Hunting for the pride is done by the lioness.

The main technique is divide and hunt.

Lions mainly feed on wild beasts, buffalos, zebras and various species of antelope.

Lions hunt hippopotamuses, young elephants, and baboons.

Occasionally, lions become man eaters.

LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALSTHE LION

Living Habits  Dogs and humans get along very well hence dogs are good

pets

Dogs usually formulate territories and defend the territory with all might because it contains everything they need to survive

Dogs use their sense of smell to communicate with each other

A dog’s bark has five to six meanings depending in the context it is used

LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALSTHE DOG

Eating Habits   Dogs belong to the carnivorous group and love to eat

meat

But they also eat vegetables and grain in small amounts, when required

Most dogs love meat such as rabbits, dead leftover animal flesh discarded by humans

Dogs usually eat anything they can, even chocolate

LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALSTHE DOG

Living Habits

Elephants survive most living conditions because of variety of food sources they can consume !!

Elephants live in forests and swamps but can very well survive in deserts as well

Most of the present time elephants are in Africa and live in protected National Parks

Elephants love to play and bathe in water and would travel miles to find water sources

LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALSTHE ELEPHANT

Eating Habits   16 to 18 hours (i.e. nearly 80% ) of an elephant’s day time is

spent feeding

Elephants consume grasses, small plants, bushes, fruits, twigs, tree barks and roots

Tree bark is a favorite food source for elephants, especially Sugercane

Tusks are used to carve into the trunk and tear off strips of bark

To supplement their diet, elephants dig up earth to obtain salt and minerals

LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALSTHE ELEPHANT

Living Habits   Crocodile is the world’s largest living reptile

Crocodiles relish privacy and warm weather

Some Crocodiles live in temperate climate around the world

As members of the crocodilian clan they make their homes along sandy costs, on muddy rivers and in salty mangrove swamps

LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALSTHE CROCODILE

Eating Habits   Crocodiles are hard core meat eaters

It doesn’t matter whether the meat is fresh, rotten or even stinky

They mostly hunt and chew meat of animals like wild boars, dears, antelopes, pigs, monkeys and dogs

They also don’t feel wrong in hunting members of their own reptile family, which means they do eat snakes

LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALSTHE CROCODILE

Living Habits   Giraffes are natives of Africa where they run wild in the tall

grasses of the open planes

Giraffes “move to where they need to” in order to find food

The home range for a giraffe is between eight and fifty square miles

There are many areas around Africa where the giraffes are well protected from humans and their hunting and destruction

Giraffes like to live in areas where it is very hot

LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALSTHE GIRAFFE

Eating Habits   Giraffes eat leaves of bushes, and especially trees of Acacia,

Mimosa and wild Apricot

Mostly Giraffes eat raised plants, where they can easily reach

Giraffes typically live in Savanna, but eat very little grass, because it is hard for them to bend and eat anything that grows low to the ground

A giraffe’s tough mouth and its great height allows it to reach and eat foods that most other animal can’t

LIVING AND EATING HABITS OF ANIMALSTHE GIRAFFE