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 The other adrican is elephant Grevy''s zebra, named for Jules Grevy, a president of France in adrican the 1880s who received one from elephant Abyssinia as a gift, and now found mostly in northern Kenya. adrican (The third species, Equus zebra, elephant is the mountain zebra, found in southern and southwestern Africa.) adrican The long-legged Grevy''s zebra, the biggest of the wild equids, is taller and heavier than the Burchell''s, with a massive head and large ears. Zebras have shiny coats that dissipate over 70 percent of incoming heat, and some scientists believe the stripes help the animals withstand intense solar radiation. The black and white stripes are a form of camouflage called disruptive elephant coloration that breaks up the outline of the body. Although the pattern is adrican visible during daytime, at dawn or in the evening when their predators are most active, zebras look indistinct and may elephant confuse some predators by distorting the true distance between them adrican and their prey. When a foal is born the elephant mother keeps all other zebras (even the members of her family) away from it for 2 or 3 days, until adrican it learns to recognize her by sight, voice and smell. While elephant all foals have a close association with their mothers, the adrican male foals are also close to their fathers. They leave their group on their own accord between the ages of 1 and 4 years to join an all-male bachelor group until they are strong elephant and adrican enough to head a family. Zebras are important prey for lions and hyenas, and to a lesser extent for hunting dogs, leopards and cheetahs. When a family group is attacked, the members form a semicircle, elephant face the predator and watch it, ready to bite or adrican strike should the attack continue. If one of the family is injured the rest will often encircle it to protect elephant it from further attack. If you are looking for african animals then look no further. You can see live feeds of african animals on your computer.
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