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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 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 ages of 1 and 4 years to join an all-male bachelor kodak underwater digital cameras group until they are strong enough to head a family. zebras are important prey for lions and hyenas, and to a lesser extent for hunting dogs, 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 is injured the rest will often encircle it to protect it from further attack. cheetahs do not roar like lions, but they purr, hiss, whine and growl. they also make cameras a variety of contact calls; the most common underwater cameras is a birdlike chirping sound. once a cheetah has made a kill, it eats quickly and keeps an eye out for scavengers lions; cameras leopards, hyenas, vultures and jackals will occasionally take away their kills. although cheetahs usually prey on the smaller antelopes such as thomson''s gazelles and impalas, they can catch wildebeests and zebras if hunting 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 underwater 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 cameras to the ground with its paw. 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 the old and the weak. the females within a family underwater observe a strict hierarchical system. a dominant mare always leads the group, while others follow her in single file, each with their foals directly behind them. cameras the lowest- ranking mare is the last underwater in line. although the stallion is the dominant member of the family, he operates outside the system and has no special place in the line. zebras are avid grazers. both burchell''s cameras 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) of water holes. grevy''s zebras are now mainly restricted to parts of northern kenya.
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