African Exhibit
Because Africa was one of Dr. E. A. Weinheimer's
favorite places to hunt, the most exciting area of the museum may well be
the African exhibit. The original African mural, a 65-foot wide by
10-foot high mural, took 600 volunteer hours. It was refurbished in
the 1990s to restore fading and cracking paint and to make it look more like
the African savannah.
Found in our African Exhibit, there is an
Antelope that lives in the most dense cover, emerging only at dark and dawn.
The males are large and slenderly built, with big ears and shaggy coats.
The females and juveniles are reddish-brown and lack the long fringe of hair
underneath the body. The females are much smaller than the males.
This particular antelope is called a Nyala.
Our exhibit also features a Cape Buffalo, which
is well known among hunters. It has a reputation as the most dangerous
big game animal. When it charges, it may run as much as 30 mph.
They like to wallow in mud and allow it to cake on their bodies, probably an
insulation from the sun and relief from the annoying ticks. The herd
drinks water twice a day and can be found near any waterhole.
These are not the only features of the African
exhibit. Stop by the museum to see everything else this exhibit has to
offer.
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