Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

Sahara desert

Huge, hot, and harsh, the

Sahara at first seems too

extreme a region for anything

to survive. However, scorpions,

snakes, rodents, lizards, and

even foxes and hyenas make

it their home. Camels also live

here. They were brought to

the desert around 200ce.

Ethiopian highlands

This area is where most of Africa’s tallest

mountains are. Since they’re so isolated,

the highlands are a great place for birds

and mammals, including the gelada, a

type of monkey whose calls sound a lot

like human speech.

Madagascar’s spiny forests

These are some of Earth’s most amazing

forests. They contain trees that are tall and

thin with long, sharp spines for “branches,”

and other trees that are short with lots of

thick, spiky limbs. The spikes don’t stop

lemurs from eating the trees’ fruits, though!

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