Solidarity and cooperation pays off!
September 2, 2012
Zebras in a peaceful moment in the landscape around Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania.
But lions and other predators thrive well in Tanzania’s national parks …..
Therefore, peace suddenly can be over. I will later show you lions hunting precisely a group of zebras. I was lucky to witness the lions hunt prey no less than twice during my safari in July 2012!
Today I’ll show how zebras have developed a smart and simple way to guard against attacks by lions: They place themselves together 3 or 4 so that they can jointly observe the whole horizon in all directions:
This group was captured in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Please click on photo for a much better view
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Wonderful creatures, shot beautifully by you.
Thanks a lot, Lynn
Such wonderfully captured images of these lovely animals! Well done!
Thank you very much, Pavan!
I also think zebras are such beautiful animals – well done on spotting them in that protective and vigilant formation, Truels.
I wanted a photo of a formation of 4 zebras, which I saw several times – but failed to get in the box…. So 3 was better than nothing!
They reallty are very clever to sort out their own security in this way.
Yes many animals are fortunately quite clever…..
Sebraen er fotogen og morsom å ta bilder av!
Flotte bilder, igjen!
Ønsker deg en flott kveld, Truels!
Hav en god onsdag, Hans, og tak for kommentaren
Great info, I mean the way how zebras protect themselves and great photos.
Thank you, Matti
Aren’t they beautiful and clever ? What a great shot, Truels ! you were lucky to see so many wild animals during your trip.
I was lucky – yes! And there are many more
How smart are they! Brilliant!
They must be quite intelligent…..