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 Lions are the laziest of the big cats. They usually spend 16 to 20 hours a day sleeping and resting, devoting the afeican remaining hours to hunting, courting or protecting their territory. They keep in contact with one another by roaring loud enough to be heard up to five miles away. The pride usually remains intact until the males are challenged and successfully endangerd driven away or killed by other males, who then take over. Not lion all lions live in prides. At maturity, young males leave the units of their birth afeican and spend several years as nomads before they become endangerd strong enough to take over a pride of their own. Some never stop wandering and continue to follow migrating herds; but the nomadic life is much more difficult, with little time for resting or reproducing. Within the pride, the territorial males are the fathers of all the cubs. When a lioness is in heat, a male will join lion her, staying with her constantly. A shy creature that roams widely, the cheetah is not seen as easily as some other cats. Never numerous, cheetahs afeican have become extinct in many areas, principally due to shrinking habitat, loss of species to prey upon, disease and a high rate of cub mortality. endangerd In some areas 50 to 75 percent of all cheetah cubs die before 3 months. Zebras, horses and wild asses are all equids, long-lived animals that move quickly for their large size and have teeth built for grinding and cropping grass. Zebras have horse like bodies, but their manes are made of short, erect hair, their tails are tufted at the tip and their coats are striped. Three species of zebra still occur in Africa, two of which are found in East Africa. The most numerous and widespread species in the east is Burchell''s, also known as the common or plains zebra. The giraffe''s high lion shoulders and sloping back give the impression that its front legs are much longer than the hind legs, but they are afeican in fact only slightly longer. The giraffe (as well as its short-necked relative the okapi from Central African forests) has a distinctive walking gait, moving both legs on one side endangerd forward lion at the same time. At a gallop, however, afeican the gait changes, and the giraffe simultaneously swings the hind legs ahead of and outside the front legs, reaching speeds of 35 miles an hour. Its heavy head endangerd moves forward with each powerful stride, and then swings back to stay balanced. Giraffes have "horns" not true horns but knobs covered with skin and hair above the eyes to protect the head from blows. The reticulated lion giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) of northeastern Kenya has large, chestnut-colored square patches defined by a network of fine white lines. 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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