Horn of Africa

alone”(National Geographic). It is said that, South Africa can expect poaching to increase dramatically in the Kruger National

rhinoceros both live in Africa. The Indian, the Javan and the Sumatran rhinoceros live in Asia. Both African rhinoceros look very similar, they are both a blueish-grey color with two horns. They are often called a different name to easily differentiate them. The black rhino is called the hook-lipped rhinoceros and the white rhino is called the square-lipped rhinoceros. They are called this because their lips are specialized to eat different foods. The black rhino has two horns that can grow up to four

The Horn of Africa with a surface area of seven hundred twenty-seven thousand miles wide; this is ground zero for the Oromos people. The population of Oromos in the mid-1990s was estimated around 28 million the Oromos people date back to 3.7 million years ago scientific evaluation show this through a 3.5 million-year-old fossilized human skeleton known as "Lucy" (or "Chaltu" in Oromo) found by archaeologists in Oromia. Like all cultures the Oromos lived within a system called Gada; Gada is a form

that as done about black rhino, we learned that black rhino are poached for many different reasons, as some was discussed for Chinese medicine or Jambaya handle or as an aphrodisiac. This assignment helps me understand that poaching for rhino horns that the horns are similar to horses hover, turtle beaks, and

The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa Name: Institution: Professor: Course: No. of Words= 2646 words. The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa Introduction When South Africa won the lobby for hosting the 2010 FIFA world cup, news went viral about it and almost reached everyone in the world. It was a great moment of joy and celebrations especially in the African countries. This jubilant joy and pomp celebrations might have been because of the continent’s attempts in bidding to host this mega

Introduction Sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years with a wide variety of variations ranging from the powerful Great White Shark to the small Horn Shark of the Northwest Pacific. Throughout shark evolution, they have kept a similar body plan as well as similar hunting strategies while avoiding becoming food for the larger Placoderms of the Devonian to the large marine reptiles that dominated the Mesozoic Period. As the Mesozoic Period came to an end, sharks rose to dominance as the

Maritime security is an extremely broad area of concern. It covers everything terrorism, the physical security of ports and ships right through to the security of energy resources into the future. Introduction: The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is a significant and strategic locality within the 21st century. It is important to a number of countries, including many key players of the region. The large waters of the IOR make it a strategic thoroughfare for international sea lanes as part of global maritime

become so dangerous in South Africa that it's declared as an organized crime by the government. Presenter emphasizes that poachers have not only killed animals but also people attempting to stop these poaching attempts, as they live by the "shoot first, ask later" mentality. The reasoning behind these attacks on people and continuous slaughter of animals can be answered by the potential wealth in these animals. For example, the presenter claimed that White Rhino horns could sell up to $100,000 per

Africa Historical Experience Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation   AFRICA HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE Introduction Cosmopolitan Africa 1700-1875 was organized in Kingdoms, and there were more kingdoms than the number of states that are present in Africa right now. This is because the countries that are currently marked with the international boundaries had some Kingdoms. Some of the most renowned kingdoms included Buganda, Mali, Ashanti, Kingdom of Saloum, and the Kingdom of Zimbabwe. Some of the

Imagine yourself in Africa roaming the land along the country's most beloved inhabitant the African Elephant one of the most significant creatures which symbolizes strength and power. Now imagine yourself as an elephant running for your life because a couple poacher is trying to shoot you in the head just so they can get a hold of your beautiful ivory or tusk. The IUCN [International Union for Conservation of Nature] Red List is a list of precise criteria that evaluates the extinction risk of thousands