| Term | Definition |
|---|
| safari | journey across a stretch of land, usually made to observe or hunt wild animals |
| wild animals | creatures that are not domesticated and live in the wild. |
| livestock | animals kept or raised especially on a farm and for profit |
| ungulates | a hoofed animal |
| ocelot | medium-sized American wildcat that is tawny or grayish and blotched with black color |
| predators | an animal that lives mostly by killing and eating other animals |
| prey | an animal hunted or killed by another animal for food |
| zoologist | a scientist that studies animal behavior, habitats, anatomy, and everything else they can about animals |
| habituation | scientists slowly get closer and closer to the animal being studied, then remain there, causing no harm or disruption, day after day, untl the animals get used to their presence. |
| veterinarian | a doctor who works with injured or ill animals |
| zoonotic diseases | illnesses transmitted between animals and people, like avian flu, mad cow disease, west Nile fever and Lyme disease. |
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