{"id":53982,"date":"2019-02-26T08:06:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?page_id=53982"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:46:08","slug":"s2e4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/s2e4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious African Animals and a Surprisingly Chirpy Cheetah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to Season 2 of the Earth Rangers Podcast! Emma is back and she&#8217;s ready to take you on some wild adventures! Click on the player below to listen to episode 1.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/7619e4c6-5de6-4851-af07-0e3d42e75f7d\/episodes\/2c3f5d4b-2548-4322-a893-b2ad7bf97b0c\/embed?theme=light-gray-blue\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Top 5 African Animals you&#8217;ve probably never heard of!<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><div id=\"SlideDeck-54004-frame\" class=\"slidedeck-frame slidedeck_frame slidedeck-frame-54004 lens-tool-kit show-overlay-hover display-nav-always content-source-custom sd2-hideSpines sd2-show-author sd2-show-author-avatar sd2-show-title sd2-show-excerpt sd2-show-readmore sd2-medium sd2-light default-nav-styles sd2-nav-dots sd2-none sd2-nav-default sd2-nav-pos-top sd2-title-pos-bottom sd2-title-dark 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      <div class=\"sd2-slide-title-inner \" >\n                            \t\n                                Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    \n                                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <meta class=\"hidden\" itemprop=\"caption\" content=\"Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl image\" data-fullsrc=\"\/public\/content\/wildwire\/greater_kudu_face.jpg\" class=\"sd2-is-first-slide sd2-slide-background\" src=\"\/public\/content\/wildwire\/greater_kudu_face.jpg\" alt=\"Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)\" \/>\n<\/dd><dd itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"\" class=\"has-image no-excerpt has-title custom-layout-caption custom-caption-position-bottom sd2-image-scaling-contain slide-type-image 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decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl image\" data-fullsrc=\"\/public\/content\/wildwire\/African_civet.jpg\" class=\"slide-deck-lazy sd2-slide-background\" data-src=\"\/public\/content\/wildwire\/African_civet.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/plugins\/slidedeck_Disabled\/lib\/..\/images\/blank.gif\" alt=\"African civet (Civettictis civetta)\" \/>\n    <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolazy sd2-slide-background\" src=\"\/public\/content\/wildwire\/African_civet.jpg\" alt=\"African civet (Civettictis civetta)\" \/><\/noscript>\n    <\/dd><dd itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"\" class=\"has-image has-excerpt has-title custom-layout-caption custom-caption-position-bottom sd2-image-scaling-contain slide-type-image slide-source-custom slide\" data-thumbnail-src=\"\/public\/content\/wildwire\/beisa_oryx_pc_rainbirder.jpg\" data-slide-id=\"54007\" ><div class=\"sd2-content-wrapper\">\n    <div 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