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Leopard

The Leopard can be distinguished from Africa'sother large spotted cats (cheetah) through its 'rosette" spots. Theleopard lacks tier marks indicating that it is primarily a nocturnalhunter.Usually solitary, the leopard protects its kills from other predatorslike lion and hyena by taking the kill high up into a tree.This allows theanimal to feed at ease, as other predators notably hyenas, can't climb at all.Lions on the other hand may try as long as the branches can support the almost180kg weight of a lioness.

Lion

Social groups are known as prides. The pride usually consists of a dominantmale/males, some adult females and juveniles of various ages. More thanone dominant male is referred to as a coalition. The purpose of the lions"mane", is to intimidate the competition; it also serves as acushion, which absorbs blows and attacks, when males fight over territory. MALE: At maturity, exhibit blond to black manes SIZE:Male - 1.7-2.5 m, and 1.2 m at the shoulder,Female 1.4-1.7 m and 1.06 m at the shoulder WEIGHT: Male -  150-250 kg, Female 120-180 kg FUN FACTS: Lions are the only truly social catspecies, and usually every female in a pride of 5-37 individuals is closely related. An adult lion's roar can be heard up tofive miles away and warns off intruders or reunites scattered pride members. While lions are inactive up to 21 hoursa day, in the darkest, coolest hours of early morning the "queens ofbeasts" hunt as a team to catch a communal meal. Pride lionesses frequently enterbreeding season together and later give birth at the same time which allowsthem to share nursing and other maternal duties. Althoughonly one out of four hunting events is successful, dominant males always eatfirst, lionesses next, and cubs scramble for scraps and leftovers.

Llama

DESCRIPTION:         The llama is a tall horse-shaped animalwith a woolly coat of varying shades SIZE: Approximately 150-180 cm WEIGHT: 135-202.5 kg FUN FACTS: Fossil footprints found in California indicate that llamas, relatives of camels,originated in North America. It is believedthat the animals that moved north and crossed the Bering land bridge evolvedinto camels, while the ones that migrated to the south became the"lama" family. Llamas make a variety of sounds. Themost common sound is a humming noise. A female will hum to her cria(offspring). Males orgle, which sounds like a gurgle, during breeding. If acouple of males decide to have a fight, they will start screaming at eachother. If a llama perceives danger, it sends an alarm call, which warns therest of the herd. In the wild, a male will find a highvantage point to watch over his herd of females and if he spots danger, willstart alarm calling. Moments later every male in the vicinity will be alarmcalling. Theidea that llamas spit is true. Llamas usually spit to settle an argument overfood or to decide which is the dominant llama. A female will also spit at amale to tell him to get lost. They do not normally spit at humans unless theyare provoked. Their body language will warn other llamas; flattened ears are asignal to back off and are usually sufficient. The next threat may be aspitting sound, but using only air.

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