This biome bakes to a golden brown through long, hot, cricket-filled summers. When it freezes during the winter it is constantly shaped by winds that gather enormous speed across its vast open landscape. Occasional wildfires help maintain this biome. Wildfires play an important role in keeping grasslands open and free of trees and shrubs. The rainfall is between that of temperate forests and deserts, but it is not enough to support dense stands of trees.
Giraffes have very little enemies, they are tall, so they can get their food from trees.
They have long legs, which makes it easy for them to run fast. The lions can run very fast on flat land because there is nothing to get in their way. Monarch butterflys are poisonous to their predators. Horses can run fast, they can buck, rear up, and trample what's trying to get them. The elephants are very big, they can trample what is trying to attack them, they also use their tusks to kill things.