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A 1927 postcard depicting the Railway Conductors Home, Oatland Island, Savannah, Georgia. In March 1926, Oatland Island was selected by the Order of Railway Conductors to be the site for the construction of a new $1M retirement home for indigent [7] and "aged conductors and their wives" and widows of conductors. [8]
The Guinean forest-savanna, also known as the Guinean forest-savanna transition, is a distinctive ecological region located in West Africa. [2] [3] It stretches across several countries including Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon.
Wildebeest have developed additional sophisticated cooperative behaviours, such as animals taking turns sleeping while others stand guard against a night attack by invading predators. Wildebeest migrations are closely followed by vultures , as wildebeest carcasses are an important source of food for these scavengers.
For the Savannah Black Heritage Festival, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture teams up with the Savannah African Art Museum. ... Animals. Business ...
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African Cats (known as Felines in France) is a 2011 nature documentary film about a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs trying to survive in the African savannah directed by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey. The film was released theatrically by Disneynature on Earth Day, April 22, 2011.
Let's be honest: Savannah's art scene can be confusing, even to locals. Here's a spin through the city's art gallery options, from contemporary, to small-scale, to unusual.
The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a large-sized savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. An adult male is around 1.6 m (5.2 ft) tall at the shoulder and can weigh up to 942 kg (2,077 lb) with a typical range of 500–600 kg (1,100–1,300 lb).