African Animals Set of 12
These animal replicas are of the highest quality in both sculpture and painting. Ages 3yrs+.
Includes:
1 x Ring - Tailed Lemur
Fun Facts: Its tail is longer than its body and is not prehensile. Instead, it is only used for balance, communication, and group cohesion. Measures 8.1 x 8.4cm.
1 x African Bush Elephant
Fun Facts: The African bush elephant has grey skin with scanty hairs. Its large ears cover the whole shoulder and can grow as large as 2 m. Measures 18.5 x 11cm.
1 x Meerkat
Fun Facts: Meerkats are small burrowing animals, living in large underground networks with multiple entrances which they leave only during the day. Measure 2 x 6cm.
1 x Giraffe
Fun Facts: Reticulated giraffes are ruminants, just like cattle and other ungulates, and their stomachs have four parts, with food passing through the first and water going directly to the second. Measures 15.5 x 16.5cm.
1 x Striped Hyena
Fun Facts: The striped hyena is a primarily nocturnal animal, which typically only leaves its den at the onset of total darkness, returning before sunrise. Measures 8 x 6cm.
1 x King Cheetah
Fun Facts: Cheetahs can accelerate four times as fast as a human and can slow down by 14 kilometres per hour in one stride. Measures 13 x 5cm.
1 x Lioness
Fun Facts: Lions are the only members of the cat family to display obvious sexual dimorphism. They also have specialised roles that each gender plays in the pride. For instance, the lioness, the hunter, lacks the male's thick mane. The colour of the male's mane varies from blond to black, generally becoming darker as the lion grows older. Measures 11 x 5.5cm.
1 x Zebra
Fun Facts: Embryological evidence shows that the animal's background colour is black, and the white stripes and bellies are additions. Measures 12.4 x 9.3cm.
1 x Rhinoceros
Fun Facts: White rhinoceros spends about half of the day eating, one third resting, and the rest of the day doing various other things. White rhinoceroses, like all species of rhinoceros, love wallowing in mudholes to cool down. Measures 17 x 7.5cm.
1 x African Buffalo
Fun Facts: The horns of African buffalo are very peculiar. A characteristic feature of them is the adult bull’s horns have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield referred to as a “boss’, which cannot always be penetrated even by a rifle bullet. Measures 15.5 x 7.5cm.
1 x Hippopotamus
Fun Facts: Their skin secretes a natural sunscreen substance which is red-coloured. The secretion is sometimes referred to as "blood sweat” but is neither blood nor sweat. This secretion is initially colourless and turns red orange within minutes. Measures 14 x 8.6cm.