Sub-Saharan Africa

African Savanna

The original arena. Where most of vertebrate evolution played its loudest hand.

Species

40,000

Plant species

3,000

Endangered

14%

Pressure

1.5% wild grassland lost yearly

Surprise of the day

Hippos kill more people in Africa than any other large mammal — more than lions, hyenas, and crocodiles combined.

Who eats who

Apex predators on top. Energy flows down.

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