The giant pandas: video

Hi again! The last time we were learning lots of things abou the giant pandas, so let's see this video about them, try to recognize the learned vocabulary and understand as much words as you can! Enjoy the activity!

The giant pandas

THE GIANT PANDAS

The Giant Panda is a bear that lives in the forests of China, it is easily recognized by its black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round white body.

The Giant Panda has a very big body, it measures around 1.5 meters and weighs about 150 kilograms (females are generally smaller than males) and it has a wooly coat that keeps it warm in the cool forests of its habitat.

Another important characteristic is that it has a thumb and five fingers, it is not very usual that animals have thumbs, in fact, only pandas, humans and a few monkeys has.

Although pandas have the characteristics and genes of carnivores, the 99% of their diet is bamboo. How their body is not made for eating that, bamboo gives them a little energy, so that, they spend their life roaming and feeding in the bamboo forests.

The elephants: Video

We have learnt a lot of elephants and their characteristics, so let's see a video about them, their habits and behaviour. Enjoy it!

The elephants

THE ELEPHANTS

Elephants are the largest land animal on earth, they are characterized by their big ears, their strong legs and skin and their trunk. We can divide them in three species, the African savanna elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant.

The main differences between them are that African elephants are bigger than Asians ones, the first specie having a height from 3 to 4 meters and weighing from 4000 to 7000 kg, while the second one measures from 2 to 2.5 meters and weighs from 3000 to 6000 kg.

Other differences between them are that the African Elephant have bigger ears and tusks than Asian ones. Elephants are called pachyderms, which means thick-skinned animals, because they have a tough skin that protect them, the African’s being the most wrinkled.Elephants are vegetarians, the African ones mainly eat leaves, while the Asian ones eat grass.

The lions: Video

Hi again! Now you have read some information and have learnt some vocabulary about lions, why don't seeing a video about them? Try to understand as much information as you can. Enjoy it!

The lions

THE LIONS

The lion is one of the biggest felines in the word and it is called the king of the jungle. It typically inhabits the African savanna and lives for ten to fourteen years.

Lions colors vary from light yellow to brown. Their physical characteristics are that they have sharp claws in all of their four powerful legs, a strong jaw with big sharp teeth and a long tail with a black tuft at the end. Also, we can easily distinct male lions from female lions because of the long mane that they have on his head.

Lions spend much of their time resting, about twenty hours per day, at night, they use to hunt. The lionesses are responsible for this, they hunt in groups and eat species like buffalos and zebras.

The number of lions has decreased because of the hunting and the loss of their habitat. Now, they only live in some zones of Africa.

Welcome to English Safari!

Welcome to English Safari!

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