Giraffes usually inhabit savannas, grasslands, and open woodlands.

Giraffes usually inhabit savannas, grasslands and open woodlands.

The range of the okapi is limited by high montane forests to the east, swamps to the south-east, swamp forests below 500 m to the west, savannas of the Sahel / Sudan to the north, and open woodlands to the south.

In contrast the open structure of savannas allows the growth of a herbaceous layer and are commonly used for grazing domestic livestock.

Secretary Birds prefer open grasslands and savannas rather than forests and dense shrubbery which may impede their cursorial existence.

Some African tribes believe that the animal masks can help them communicate with the spirits who live in forests or open savannas.

It inhabits areas from sea-level to 1500 m asl where palm savannas can be found, or other open areas with scattered trees.

Both are confined to sub-saharan Africa: the giraffe to the open savannas, and the okapi to the dense rainforest of the Congo.

Periodic natural wildfire selects for this species by killing other trees, leading to open Longleaf Pine forests or savannas.

The bird prefers open short-grass savannas with scattered stands of these mature thornbushes.

Scarlet Macaws originate in the humid lowland subtropical rain forests, open woodlands, river edges, and savannas of Central and South America.

This species inhabits both tropical forest and open savannas.

They are adapted to generally open terrain, from plains and savannas, to mountains or deserts.

Their habitat covers all environments except rainforests, high mountains and open grassy savannas.

Sometimes cultivated for its edible fruits, the tree is native and abundant in the wild, sometimes in extensive stands, in open pine forests and grassy savannas, from central Mexico, through Central America, to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil ; it also occurs in Trinidad, Barbados, Curaçao, St. Martin, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and throughout Cuba and the Isle of Pines.

The Arb savannas will be kept open by trying to approximate the original fire regime.

It occupies a habitat similar to that of the Chital of India: open dry and mixed deciduous forests, parklands, and savannas.

The Collared Plover is found on sandy coasts, estuarine mud, inland riverbanks and open sandy savannas.

Those three other great activities of the Persians, the bath, the teahouse, and the zur khaneh ( the latter a kind of club in which a leader and a group of men in an octagonal pit move through a rite of calisthenics, dance, chanted poetry, and music ), do not take place in buildings to which entrance tickets are sold, but some of them occupy splendid examples of Persian domestic architecture: long, domed, chalk-white rooms with daises of turquoise tile, their end walls cut through to the orchards and the sky by open arches.

For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.

`` We are menaced for the first time in the history of the Republic by the open and unblushing effort of a multi-millionaire to purchase the Presidential nomination.

Office workers frequently go out there to lunch and swim during the siesta period, which, during the summer, lasts from two until five in the afternoon, when shops and offices are again open for business.

But there are, however, several features of Aristotle's approach which open the way for the moral measure of literature.

However, despite the insight of many of his observations, his own conclusions are open to suspicion because of his failure to employ at all times the correct research methods.

There the truth is, open to eyes that are willing to look.

These boards are nailed to the roof beams by reaching up through the open space between the beams, from inside the shelter.

These striking, modernistic buildings on the East River are open to the public and every weekday guided tours are available.

In contrast are the vast open stretches of ranch country and oil wells.

When painting, Mason's physical eyes are half-closed, while his mind's eye is wide open, and this circumstance accounts in part for the impression he wishes to convey.

Further, the management path does not open the door to higher opportunities than are offered by the more technical path.

Oversized monsters are never brought home either alive or preserved, and field measurements are obviously open to doubt because of the universal tendency to exaggerate dimensions.

Situated in a region of some of the loveliest mountain scenery in the country, the school buildings are located amid open fields and farm lands.

Tsunami are so shallow in comparison with their length that in the open ocean they are hardly detectable.

In some countries the trend has gone further than others: Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela are displaying open sympathy for Castroism, and there is no country -- save the Dominican Republic whose funeral services we recently arranged -- where Castroism and Anti-Americanism does not prevent the government from unqualifiedly espousing the American cause.

Paintings by Titian, Caravaggio, and Rubens are on display ( open 9:30 to 4:00 ).

Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.

Pope Pius the Sixth, at Rome, in April, 1778, wrote the following: `` The faithful should be excited to the reading of the Holy Scriptures: For these are the most abundant sources which ought to be left open to everyone, to draw from them purity of morals and of doctrine, to eradicate errors which are so widely disseminated in these corrupt times ''.

The gardens themselves are open free of charge the year round, and the 192 permanent employes make sure that not a dead or wilted flower is ever seen indoors or out by any visitor.

Enrique Jorda, conductor and musical director of the San Francisco Symphony, will fulfill two more guest conducting engagements in Europe before returning home to open the symphony's Golden Anniversary season, it was announced.

The fine old mansions of U.S. Grant's old home town of Galena, Ill. are open for inspection ( Sept. 23, 24 ).

The huge post-season crowds at their temporary home, Municipal Stadium, caught the attention of the big league brass and helped open the door to the return of major league baseball to Baltimore.

Centaurus is also home to open clusters.

The wealth of greenspace afforded by Chicago's parks is further augmented by the Cook County Forest Preserves, a network of open spaces containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes that are set aside as natural areas which lie along the city's periphery, home to both the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe and the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield.

* Sears-Ferris House ( not open to public ) – home of George Ferris, inventor of the Ferris wheel

It is open to the public and is also the home of the Edgar Allan Poe Society.

They did try to open a school at their home, but were unable to attract students to the remote area.

Erik was born at Honfleur in Normandy ; his home there is open to the public.

* Universal Metering Interface ( UMI ) an open standard, originally created by Cambridge Consultants for use in Smart Metering devices / systems and home automation, which uses AES-128 alongside ECC-256 for various security purposes.

Hampton Roads is also home to the Pilot House ( open until 4am ), Mason's second on-campus late night diner.

Shaw's home, now called Shaw's Corner, in the small village of Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire is a National Trust property, open to the public.

* The home of the Dutch open golf tournament KLM Open.

Spotted hyenas, under these circumstances, would have been outcompeted by wolves and humans, who were as much at home in forests as in open lands — and in highlands as in lowlands.

The park is also home to the Cascades Ice Cream Co. which opens when there is usually still snow on the ground and stays open until October.

In addition, more than 30 full-time merchants are open year-round and offer specialty foods, fresh meats and seafood, restaurants and cafes, floral, home accessories and much more.

The Vikings play their home games at the Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis as they have since 1982 ( a bill was passed in May 2012 to build a new stadium for the team, which is expected to open by the 2016 season ).

Mica is also used as an insulator in concrete block, home attics, and can be poured into walls ( usually in retrofitting uninsulated open top walls ).

For example, if the user dials " 6 " on a North American phone, electrical contacts wired through the cam mechanism inside the phone will open and close six times as the dial returns to home position, thus sending six pulses to the central office.

The road to Hungary and Austria lay open, but Suleiman diverted his attention to the Eastern Mediterranean island of Rhodes, the home base of the Knights Hospitaller.

While open fields are not protected by the Fourth Amendment, the curtilage, or outdoor area immediately surrounding the home, is protected.

Courts have treated this area as an extension of the house and as such subject to all the privacy protections afforded a person ’ s home ( unlike a person's open fields ) under the Fourth Amendment.

The marker calls out the force side (" force home " or " force away ") before starting the stall count in order to alert the other defenders to which side of the field is open to the handler.