Why don't zebras congregate in large groups and go around mugging lions?
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Simple  my friend:\n\nZebras do not have pockets and therefore if they were to mug lions they would have no-where to put anything they mugged off them.\nThats the trouble with zebras everything is so black and white.\nNow Kangeroos, they will mug anything as they have the storage capacity and also know where they can get rid of the goods\n\nMany a dingo has lost jewelry cash and mobiles to a rampaging bunch of roos\n\nIn Africa the lion very rarely gets mugged and if he did he wouldnt tell anyone about it because of his pride\n\nPride is important to a lion, i know that because david attenborough said it once on planet earth..well lets be honest he isnt going to say it on the moon is he\nHope this helps
876881
First of all, neither the Elephant nor the Lion lives in the jungle in Africa.  They prefer savannas, grassy plains, open woodlands and scrub country.  I'm not quite sure of the habitat of the Indian Elephant.  But here in Africa, where the two species live together, I think the Elephant is overshadowing the Lion.  Yes it is true that Lions can pray on the Elephant, but this usually only happens to the weak outsiders rejected by the herd.  A adult Elephant can fight off up to 7 lionesses-which clearly makes the elephant the winner..Furthermore, the lion is weak on its own, and doesn't install to much fear in the rest of the animal kingdom.  The Elephant is a truly majestic animal, and I believe, is the true king of the "jungle".
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Its sort of camoflage:\n\nImagine there's a lion hunting near a herd of zebras.  As soon as the zebras see the lion, they're going to run around and panic.  All the stipes are extremely confusing, even for us, and the lion would find it very hard to 'lock on to' a single zebra.  It's sort of like some of those optical illusions you find on the Internet.\n\nBasically, it's extremely confusing for any predators.
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I have worked around African elephants and I know for a fact that anything that will startle a horse will startle an elephant.  This includes small creatures, such as mice, scurrying around their legs.  Captive elephants have been know to refuse to go out on exhibit because of a duck or squirrel that is already occupying it.  Elephants may not be afraid af a specific animal, but they possess many of the prey insticts found in horses, deer, and antelope.  This give them a tendency to be flighty.  The reason for this lies in their history.  African elephants ancestors evolved during a time when many large predators roamed Africa.  Some of these predators were likely to take an elephant now and then, making prey instincts a good thing for elephants to have.  Elephants (esp. African elephants) are fairly skittish animals.
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I have to give it to the monitor lizard in this case.  the gilla (sp) monster's bite is nasty infectious so all it takes is one good WHACK and eventially the lion and or tiger is down.  and i think what alot of people answering this question are forgetting is that it is a reptile.  reptiles have good armor whan it comes to getting into scraps.  and like it or not \nthey aren't as slow and dumpy as you think.  also komodo dragons have that tail, and they damn well know how to use it.  one good whack from that tail and lion/tiger instantly has a broken leg and or a few broken ribs.  or if it lands a blow up side the head it could very well render the lion or tiger unconscious. \n\neither way if they were to scrap i think if the dragon didn't win outright then both would end up dead
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Basically predators such as lions, leopards, and cheetahs reach their top speed faster than the hooved animal prey does. Certain prey animals have faster top speeds than their predators but they can not get up to top speed fast enough to outrun them. The predator must get within a certain distance of its prey undetected so the predator has very little ground to make up in the chase.
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Because the social structure of lions strongly decreases the potential for  inbreeding , lots of harmful recessive mutations have been 'allowed' to build up.  Genetic diseases thus crop up a lot where inbreeding occurs.\nCheetahs who went through a bottleneck are much less affected by inbreeding, in a sense they were forced to inbreed to an extent,  harmfull recessive mutations died out with the disesed animals.
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Recently in The Times, an article was published about 3 lionesses taking on a small elephant as there was a shortage of food. Unfortunately they killed it. Just shows how strong these beasts are\n\nI wouldn't be suprised if lions could kill a bear but not a 1 v 1. Anyway lions hunt in groups and not on their own...
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Yes, they can, but their offspring would not be able to reproduce. Like a mule (Donkey/horse)\nSuch a creature lived in a zoo in India and was called a hobra, but elsewhere they have been called a zorse. \n\nI believe the difference in names is determined by the parentage, that is, which parent is a horse, and which is a zebra. Like a tigon has a tiger father and a lion mother and liger has a lion father and a tiger mother. I'm not sure... but I think a zorse comes from a zebra father and a horse mother, and a hobra is from a zebra mother and a horse father. OR it could be that they call them hobras in India and zorses in the US.
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Strength in numbers!  They travel in very large groups. \n\nThey are very speedy and smart..both of those combined and you got a dolphin that can outswim and outsmart many a foe.\n\nYou may enjoy this site. \n\nhttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0108/dolphins.html
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There are several reasons:\n1. They are competing with livestock for land\n2. Droughts, so they cannot get water\n3. Habitat loss\nGrevy's zebras are not allowed to be hunted, but they were.
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Some people dispute the existence of these "marked differences" in humans. \n\nAs for other species, there is the counter-example of lionesses doing most of the hunting.
646617
No. They don't carry it they drag it. Most animals, including myself, can drag twice their weight. Lions can drag a full grown buffalo
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There are actually different subspecies of zebra, some more endangered than others.  Go online to World Wildlife Fund or Fund for Animals and check out the situation.
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"Most mammals have promiscuous mating systems; however, in the case of the lion, promiscuity is prevented by the complex pride unit.  Within a pride, lions are promiscuous, but since the pride limits the number of females and males available for mating, lions are termed as being polygynandrous.  This means that each male mates with multiple females and each female mates with multiple males.  Nearly all reproduction in lions is done by the resident prides.  So, if you’re not in a pride…you’re not mating (Bertram 1975).  Mating within a pride is first come first served.  Since there is no dominance hierarchy amongst males or females, no mate selection is found to occur (Viljoen 2003)."\n\n"Females go into heat year round, and give birth to a litter of 2-4 cubs after a gestation period of 110-120 days (Appx. 4 months). "
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I have just read some of the answers and some are unbelievable. Animals don't think?? Now that is really silly.  As to the question there are recorded incidents of animals with higher intelligence such as the great ape species taking some sort of retaliatory actions as acts of revenge and I have heard that elephants will do so and they do have excellent memories.  Dolphins are also very intelligent so maybe they do so as well but I don't think anyone has recorded this
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They tend to be an agressive snake.  They do not make good pets (Yes, there are some that remain small enough to be pets).\n\nOther than that, don't know what you're looking for...