The African baobab tree can live up to 800 years.
Tarangire NP 2600 Qkm, near Lake Manyara at 1000 - 1500 m
The tsetse fly is everywhere here. Even Africans react with panic!
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Der afrikanische Baobab Baum kann 800 Jahre alt werden. Tarangire NP 2600 Qkm, nahe Lake Manyara auf 1.000 - 1.500 m
Die Tsetsefliege ist hier allgegenwärtig. Auch Afrikaner reagieren mit großer Panik!

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The African elephant grows up to 4 m high and weighs 6,000 kg. Its skin alone weighs 10 hundredweight, the brain 5 to 6 kg, the heart 25 kg. Per day, it drinks about 350 liters of water and eats 500 kg of "green stuff".
It can live 70 years.
The gestation period for elephants is about 22 months. The young is about 90 cm high and weighs 90 kg. It can join the herd soon after birth (after two days).

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The African elephant grows up to 4 m high and weighs 6,000 kg. Its skin alone weighs 10 hundredweight, the brain 5 to 6 kg, the heart 25 kg. Per day, it drinks about 350 liters of water and eats 500 kg of "green stuff".
It can live 70 years.
The gestation period for elephants is about 22 months. The young is about 90 cm high and weighs 90 kg. It can join the herd soon after birth (after two days).

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The African elephant grows up to 4 m high and weighs 6,000 kg. Its skin alone weighs 10 hundredweights, the brain 5 to 6 kg, the heart 25 kg. Every day it drinks about 350 litres of water and eats 500 kg of "green stuff".
It can live to be 70 years old.
The gestation period for elephants is about 22 months. The young animal is about 90 cm high and weighs 90 kg. It can join the herd soon after birth (after two days).

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The African elephant grows up to 4 m high and weighs 6,000 kg. Its skin alone weighs 10 hundredweight, the brain 5 to 6 kg, the heart 25 kg. Per day, it drinks about 350 liters of water and eats 500 kg of "green stuff".
It can live 70 years.
The gestation period for elephants is about 22 months. The young is about 90 cm high and weighs 90 kg. It can join the herd soon after birth (after two days).

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