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PRIDE OF AFRICA - LION 26 Feb 2009 | 10:45 pm
'KING OF BEASTS" IS A WELL-DESERVED TITLE for this proud and powerful predator. The lion is everyone's idea of a big cat, equipped with sharp teeth and huge paws to bring down large prey. A threatenin...
EASTERN FORESTS - ASIAN ELEPHANT 12 Dec 2008 | 07:01 pm
THE LARGEST LAND-DWELLING ANIMAL IN ASIA, this elephant is an impressive and intelligent giant. It spends its time ambling through forests in small herds, searching for fresh pastures to satisfy its p...
ICE GIANT - POLAR BEAR 26 Nov 2008 | 07:08 pm
THE POLAR BEAR is the world's largest land predator. Its thick, waterproof fur coat and layer of blubber keeps it warm and enables it to swim for hours in freezing Arctic seas. So effective is the pol...
SLEEK KILLER - GREAT WHITE SHARK 23 Nov 2008 | 01:23 pm
SLEEK AND POWERFUL, the great white shark cruises effortlessly through the seas in search of prey. The largest flesh-eating shark, it eats mainly seals and sea lions, and spends most of its time in co...
AFRICAN HUNTER - NILE CROCODILE 19 Nov 2008 | 01:32 pm
DRESSED IN A SUIT OF BONY PLATES and looking like an armoured tank, the Nile crocodile could be a creature from prehistoric times. With a long tail used to propel it at speed through the water and lar...
FASTEST LAND ANIMAL - CHEETAH 18 Nov 2008 | 01:35 pm
STREAMLINED AND SLENDER, cheetahs are superb sprinters. Using a brief burst of phenomenal speed, they can outrun any other land animal. The cheetah does not look or move like any other big cat. Its ex...
FOREST RELATIVE - ORANG UTAN 17 Nov 2008 | 02:43 pm
WITH LARGE, SOULFUL EYES, an expressive face and a hairy, reddish-brown body similar in size to that of an average man, the orang-utan is unnervingly human. The largest animal in the world to spend it...
