Horrible but True Natural World History Exploration Travellers' Tales Lucky Escapes Monster Sightings They Were First Wild Places Unusual Events

Choose a Page:Ross, Ross, RossNear MissFootsoreParisian PilgrimIntrepid WomanAncient Cave ManEmpty CountryCool DealMighty RiversDesert DroughtLargest Rain ForestBiggest DesertOcean Of IslandsLow SnowOver The TopPolar Regions*Animals Of Wild Places* Animals Of Wild Places High in the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia lives a breed of wild sheep with curled horns 1.5m long. They are called Marco Polo sheep after the 13th century Venetian traveller. Przewalski's horse, the last wild species living today, was discovered on the remote Asian steppes in the 19th century by Nicolai Przewalski. In Africa, lions killed and ate 28 workers, delaying the building of the railway bridge between Mombasa and Lake Victoria at the end of the 19th century. Male emus in the Australian outback bring up the family, not eating or drinking until the eggs have hatched.   Previous: Back Book: Horrible but True Section: Exploration Chapter: Wild Places