MALE NARRATOR: This is Earth.
Maybe you've heard of it.
I sure hope so
because you live on
one of its seven continents.
(upbeat music)
Guess which continent
is the hottest?
That's right.
You guessed it.
Africa is home to the largest
desert in the world,
The Sahara.
It's massive.
It's total area spans
over 3 million square miles.
Its' the size
of an entire country.
Seriously. It's almost
the size of the United States.
But Africa isn't
all sand and dunes.
Not by a long shot.
A little ways south
of the Sahara
is the Congo Rainforest.
It's the second largest
rainforest in the world,
and it's full of life.
Mammals, birds, amphibians,
and close to 10,000 species
of plants.
(percussive music)
Let's take a quick trip
to the African Savanna
to check out all the wildlife.
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This tropical grassland covers
almost 65% of Africa.
And where there's grass,
there are herbivores,
also known as plant eaters.
(elephant trumpets)
Zebras,
elephants,
giraffes, and gazelles
all graze off the land
in large herds for safety
because these herbivores
live alongside predators.
The big cats aren't
the only carnivores in town.
Crocodiles roam
near the banks of the shore.
Hyenas and wild dogs
also roam this continent
in search of their next meal.
Millions of people come to
visit the Savanna every year
to see these amazing animals
in their natural habitat.
Rain or shine.
(hippo growls)
Because the Savanna
has only two seasons.
Wet...
and dry.
(all singing
in native language)
It's not just wildlife
that lives here.
There's another animal
who shares
this beautiful continent.
Humans.
It's hard to believe that one
of the oldest civilizations
on Earth began in Africa.
In Ancient Egypt to be exact--
dating back
over 5,000 years.
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Today, there are
over 1 billion people
living on the continent
of Africa
in 56 different countries,
speaking over 1,500 languages,
living in large cities
and small villages.
All are residents
of the second largest
continent on Earth...
Africa.
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