Arthur Mwangi

Know Something About Health

Health in general is the condition of person in all aspects; that's his level of body functions including his metabolic efficiency. When World Health Organization [WHO] was established in 1948 it defined health as: "a state of complete physical, mental ... Read >

Lions; The Jungle Kings

Lions belong to the group of the four big cats and go by scientific name; panther leo. They are widely spread in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia. They inhabit savanna and grassland and sometimes forest and deep bushes. They are the second largest cats afte... Read >

What are Sharks?

Sharks also known as super order selachimorpha are types of fish with a highly streamlined body and a cartilaginous skeleton. They are found in all seas and seldom do they live in flesh water with the exemption of bull shark and river shark which can resi... Read >

The African Buffalo

African Buffalo or Cape buffalo scientifically known as syncerus caffer is very large though dwarfed a bit by Wild Asian Water buffalo. It weighs 500-900 kg with males being larger than females. The height ranges from 1.7 to 3.4 metres. Its have two sub s... Read >

Subspecies Of Tigers

Tiger is the largest of the four big cats and belongs to a family member known as felidae. However the cat has several subspecies. There are nine subspecies, three of which are now extinct. The surviving subspecies are widely spread in: India, China, Sibe... Read >

Tigers And Their Amazing Facts

Tigers also known as Panthera tigris largest of the four big cats. They are natives of Eastern and Southern Asia. Their name comes from Greek word tigris, meaning ‘arrow' in reference to the animals speed and also the origin for the name of the Tigris r... Read >

The White Rhino

White Rhino [ceratotherium simum] is another member species of the rhino family. It consists of two sub species: Southern White rhino which according to the World Conservation Union report of 2008 there were estimated to be around 17,000 of them living. T... Read >

Africa And Asian Elephants

Elephants are large land animals divided into two groups: the African elephant and the Asian elephant. African elephant belong to the genus loxodonta. They are different from their counterparts in several ways. The common one is their large ears. They ar... Read >

The Black Rhino

The black Rhino also known as diceros bicornis, lives in Africa primarily in savannahs, grasslands and tropical bush lands. The name Dicero is from Greek meaning ‘two' and ‘ceros' meaning ‘horn' and ‘bicornis' from Latin ‘bi' meaning ‘two' and... Read >

Elephant Interesting Facts

Elephant is the largest land mammal grouped in two genera of the family Elephantindae : Loxodonta and Elephas. Only three species are living today namely the African Forest , the African bush and the Asian Elephant. It can have offspring up until the a... Read >