A film by Lavinia Currier Based on the memoir by Louis ... - FDb.cz

The
Hippopotamus is a semi-aquatic mammal living in groups
of up to 40 animals with territorial bulls presiding over a
stretch of river and groups of females and young. Adults
average 11 ft long, 5 ft tall at the shoulder, and weigh from
13,300 to 7,000 lbs with a specific gravity that allows it to
sink and walk or run along river bottoms. Despite its stocky
shape and short legs, this aggressive animal can outrun a
human. Its closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales,
porpoise, etc.) from which they diverged 55 million years
ago.
The Brush-Tailed Porcupine is a rodent that frequents the forests of West and
Central Africa. With an average weight of six pounds, it is a favorite source of
meat and thus hunted in large quantities. It has an elongated rat-like face and
body and short legs, tipped with clawed and webbed feet. Unlike most other
porcupines, the brush-tailed porcupine has lighter and smaller quills.
The Western Lowland Gorilla of Central Africa is the most widespread and numerous of all
gorillas. Although it stands erectly up to 5ft 7 in. tall and weigh up to 400 pounds, it can climb
up over 100 feet to feed on leaves or fruits. The adult male is called a "silverback" due to the
distinctive silver-gray hairs on its back; the others have brownish gray fur with reddish
highlights. It lives in families of one dominant male, five to seven adult females, children and
adolescents, and possibly a few non-dominant males within a home range of three to 18 miles.
Families grow slowly because females tend to produce babies every five years only starting at
the age of nine or ten.