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 When a foal is born the mother keeps all other zebras afrixan (even the members of her family) away from it for 2 or 3 days, until it learns lion to recognize her by sight, voice and smell. While all foals have a close association with their mothers, the male foals are also close to their fathers. They leave their group on their own sarfari accord between the afrixan ages of 1 and 4 years to join an all-male bachelor group until they are strong enough to head a family. Zebras are important lion prey for lions and hyenas, sarfari and to a lesser extent afrixan for hunting dogs, lion leopards and cheetahs. When a family group is attacked, the members form a semicircle, face the predator and watch it, ready to bite or strike should the attack continue. If one of the family sarfari is injured the rest will often encircle it to protect afrixan it from further attack. 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 in fact only slightly longer. The giraffe (as sarfari well as its short-necked relative the okapi from Central African forests) has a distinctive walking gait, moving both legs on one side afrixan and lion forward at the same sarfari time. At a gallop, afrixan however, the gait lion changes, and the giraffe simultaneously swings the hind legs ahead of and outside the front sarfari legs, reaching speeds of 35 miles afrixan an hour. Its heavy head moves forward with each powerful lion stride, and then sarfari swings back to stay balanced. Giraffes have "horns" not afrixan true horns but knobs covered with skin and lion hair above the eyes to protect the head from blows. The reticulated giraffe sarfari (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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