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Serengeti Plain
Grassland regions: savanna, prairie, and steppe
Common wildebeest
Termite mound
Australian Outback
Tropical savanna
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Bloodwood
African elephants
Gran Chaco
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Observe a tower of giraffes feeding on acacia leaves and oxpeckers combing giraffes' coats for parasites
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
Ecosystems