By: Giovanni Fernandez

Food chain

Elephant Grass Producer

Zebra 1 st consumer African lion 2 nd consumer

Savannah

The savannah is located in Africa and Australia. The African Savannah is located 15 degrees north latitude and 30 degrees south and 15 degrees east and 40 degrees west. The annual rain fall is about 20-50 inches.

Elephant Grass

Elephant grass is tall grass that comes from Africa. It grow in dense clumps up to 10 ft. It is yellowish or purple in color. The stem are coarse and hairy and about 1in. thick near the base. The leaves are 2-3 feet long pointed at the end. The edges are razor sharp.

Elephant grass native habitat is Africa.

Grant’s Zebra

Description-The zebra look like a horse with black and white stripes.

Habitat-Grant’s Zebras live in savannas, plains , and sometimes in mountain regions.

Adaptations-Zebras have great vision and hearing to locate predators. They have night vision to help them move at night. Their black and white stripes cause a camouflage that causes predators to get confused. Food-The zebra is a herbivore. Zebras feed on grass mostly, but occasionally, eat shrubs, herbs, twigs, leaves, and bark. Predators- Zebras predators are lions, hunting dogs, leopards, and cheetah.

Protection- The would run away, or they can kick and bite the enemy. They stand side by side in opposite directions that helps them see predators. Communication-Zebras communicate by barking, braying, or snorting. They also move their ears to signal calmness or frightened. They stand up their ears when they feel calm and pushed them down when they are scared.

Grant’s Zebra

Young-The baby zebras have brown and white stripes and look like baby horses. The grown zebras would not leave the young behind, they would wait for it to catch up. They both have stripes, they both have hooves and big ears. The difference the baby zebra have brown and white stripes, and the adult zebra have black and white stripes. Status-The grants zebra is not endanger or threatened species. People-We don’t need to help this organism.

Africa Lion

Description-A lion looks like a cat 10 times bigger. A male lion has a big mane around its neck and the female lion does not have a mane. A mane is hair around a male lion neck.

Habitat-In Africa most lions can be found in Savanna grassland, but some live in the Forest. Adaptations-The lions golden brown fir, blends in the surroundings in the savanna and helps them sneak them to pray. Food-Lions eat large animals such as zebras and wild beasts. In times lions eat a variety of smaller animals from the rodents to reptiles. Lions sometimes steal catches from hyenas, leopards and other pray. Predators-Lions have no natural predators except for humans. Protects itself-A lion protects itself with its claws and sharp teeth. Lions have a great sense of smell that sometimes alerts them when danger is near.

Africa Lion

Communication-Lions communicate by roaring, body language and markings with its scent. Young-They are smaller than the adult lion and the baby lion have spots. The mom carries the baby by the neck with their mouth so they are safer in the mouth. If the lioness is hunting, her cubs would be suckled by another lactating female. Cubs are nursed for 6 through 7 months.

The girl baby lion doesn’t have a mane around their neck, and the female lion does not have it too. Baby lions have spots and the adult lions don’t have spots.

Status-We shouldn’t be concerned, lions are not currently threatened or in the endangered list. People-We don’t need to help this animal.

Food Web

Savannas animals

(Australia and Africa) Wildebeest or Gnu Addax Waterbuck Steinbok Warthog Wild Cat African Wild Dog Wild Ass Topi Thomson's Gazelle Addra Gazelle Vervet Monkey Sitatunga Cape Elephant Shrew Serval Sable Antelope Roan Rhinoceros Reedbuck Rattlesnake Pulcu

Savannas Animals

(Australia and Africa) Puff Adder Patas Pangolin Gorilla Lichtenstein's Hartebeest Lesser Kudu Leopard Lemur Lechwe Antelope Monitor Lizard Jackal Impala Hyrax African Lion Mongoose Mamba Meerkats

Savannas Animals

(Australia and Africa) Fossa Grant's Gazelle Fennec Fox African Elephant Greater Kudu Gembsok Oryx Eland Gerenuk or Wallers's Gazelle Duiker Gerbil Hippopotamus Hedgehog Hare Grysbok Ground Squirrel Gecko Genet Honey Badger Okapi Oribi Otter Hyenas (Striped) Hyenas (Spotted) Giraffe

Savannas Animals

(Australia and Africa) Water Buffalo Bushpig Bonobo Bongo Blue Monkey Baboon Caracal Dik-Dik Crocodile Bontebok Beisa Oryx Bat-Eared Fox Antelope African Gray Parrot Camel Bushbuck Colobus Monkey Chimpanzee Bushbaby or Galago Zebra Cheetah Forest Hog

Questions

(True or False) 1.

The lion a carnivore ?

2.

Baby zebra have brown and white stripes ?

3.

Baby boy lions have a mane around its neck or hair around its neck ?

4.

Zebras are carnivores ?

5.

Zebras have night vision ?

Questions

(Answers) 1.True 2.True 3. False 4.False 5. True