Even in the great, dry deserts, where most people could not survive, there are all kinds of interesting creatures. Grassland Africa's plain provide food for many kinds grass eaters like the graceful impala, the zebra and the topi. The giraffe and the rhinoceros eat the leaves of trees. The hunters of the plains include the hyena and the cheetah Forest Gorillas are the biggest kind of ape. They travel in groups through the rain forest looking for buds, leaves and fruit to eat.
Mandrills travel in groups too.
The male mandrill has blue cheeks and a flat, red nose. The leopard and the crowned eagle are both hunters. They prey on small forest animals like the red striped squirrel and the colobus monkey. In the Sahara, the large eared fennec fox hides by day and hunt by night. So do some snakes, such as the saw scaled viper which moves sideways across the sand.