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 When a foal is born the mother keeps all other zebras (even the members of her family) away from it for 2 or 3 days, until it learns to recognize her by sight, voice and safari and animsls 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 accord between the safari 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 prey for lions and hyenas, and to a lesser animsls extent for hunting dogs, leopards and safari cheetahs. When a family group is attacked, the members form a semicircle, face the predator and watch animsls it, ready to bite or strike should the attack continue. If one of the family is injured the rest will often safari encircle it to protect it from further attack. Cheetahs do not roar like lions, but animsls they purr, hiss, whine and growl. They safari also make a variety of contact animsls and safari calls; the most common is a birdlike chirping sound. Once a cheetah has made a kill, it eats quickly and keeps an eye animsls out for scavengers lions; leopards, hyenas, safari vultures and jackals will occasionally take away their kills. animsls Although cheetahs usually prey on the smaller antelopes such as Thomson''s gazelles safari and impalas, they can catch wildebeests and zebras if hunting animsls together. They also hunt hares and other small mammals and birds. Although known as an animal of the open plains that relies on speed to catch its prey, research has shown that the cheetah depends on cover to stalk prey. The cheetah gets as close to the prey as possible, then in a burst of speed tries to outrun its quarry. Once the cheetah closes in, it knocks the prey to the ground with its paw. 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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