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 Family members look out for one another; if one becomes separated from the rest, the others search for it. The group adjusts its traveling pace to accommodate endangeredanimal the old and the weak. The females within a family observe a strict hierarchical system. A dominant mare endangeredanimal always leads the group, while others follow her in single file, each with their foals directly behind them. The lowest- ranking mare is the last in line. Although the stallion is the dominant member of the family, he operates outside the system and has no special endangeredanimal place in the line. Zebras are avid grazers. Both Burchell''s and Grevy''s zebras are in constant search of green pastures. In the dry season, they can live on coarse, dry grass only if they are within a short distance (usually no farther than 20 miles away) endangeredanimal of water holes. Grevy''s zebras are now mainly restricted to parts of northern Kenya. Lions may hunt at any hour, but they typically go after large prey at night. They hunt together to increase their success rate, since prey can be difficult to catch and can outrun a single lion. The lions fan out along a broad front or semicircle to creep up on prey. Once with within endangeredanimal striking distance, they bound in among endangeredanimal the startled animals, endangeredanimal knock one down and kill it with a bite to the neck or throat. Hunts are successful about half the time. Cooperative hunting enables lions to take prey as large as wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, young elephants, rhinos, hippos and giraffes, any of which endangeredanimal can provide several meals for the pride. Mice, lizards, tortoises, warthogs, antelopes and even crocodiles also form part of a lion''s diet. Because they often take over kills made by hyenas, cheetahs and leopards, scavenged food provides more than 50 percent of their diets in areas like the endangeredanimal Serengeti plains. 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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