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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 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 afriva challenged and successfully driven away or afriva killed by afriva and afriva other males, who then take over. Not all lions live in prides. At maturity, young males leave the units of their afriva birth and spend several years as nomads before they become strong enough to take over afriva a pride of their own. Some never stop wandering and continue to follow migrating herds; but the nomadic life is much more difficult, afriva 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 afriva male will join 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 have become extinct in many areas, principally due to shrinking habitat, loss of species to prey upon, disease afriva and a high rate of cub mortality. 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. afriva 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. 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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