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Mountain zebras live in hot, dry, rocky, mountainous and hilly habitats. They prefer slopes and plateaus as high as 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level, although they do migrate lower during winter. Their preferred diet is tufted grass, but in times of shortage, they browse, eating bark, twigs, leaves, buds, fruit, and roots. They drink every day.
Zebras may travel or migrate to wetter areas during the dry season. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Plains zebras have been recorded travelling 500 km (310 mi) between Namibia and Botswana, the longest land migration of mammals in Africa. [ 81 ]
March is when the atmosphere often battles between weather conditions that are typical of both winter and spring, which rarely means a calm and quiet month. The result of the clashing seasons ...
Zebras have a less efficient digestive system than ruminants but food passage is twice as fast. [15] Thus, zebras are less selective in foraging, but they do spend much time eating. The zebra is a pioneer grazer and prepares the way for more specialised grazers such as blue wildebeests and Thomson's gazelles. [9] Lions feeding on a zebra
The painted lady (Vanessa cardui) is a butterfly whose annual 15,000 km round trip from Scandinavia and Great Britain to West Africa involves up to six generations. [22] The red admiral ( Vanessa atalanta ) periodically migrates from southern to northern Europe for the summer, [ 4 ] although sometimes movement north is observed in early autumn.
A few hundred species migrate long distances, in some cases of thousands of kilometres. About 120 species of fish, including several species of salmon, migrate between saltwater and freshwater (they are 'diadromous'). [23] [24] Forage fish such as herring and capelin migrate around substantial parts of the North Atlantic ocean.
Here's how average highs rise from Feb. 1 to mid-May: Atlanta: 55 degrees on Feb. 1 → 66 degrees on March 15 → 74 degrees on April 15 → 81 degrees on May 15 Dallas-Fort Worth: 59 degrees on ...
Ever wondered why zebras have stripes? Well, the researchers behind a new study think they have a pretty good answer to that question. WMAQ reports "California scientists say the animal's black ...