Lion vs. Wildebeest: How Lions Hunt as a Pride SHARE Lions may not have the cheetah’s speed or the leopard’s forest cover, but they have other tricks for hunting prey.

From this technique analyzing the hair’s DNA, the team identified giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest and zebra as prey. They also pinpointed hairs that originated from lions.

Scientists used DNA sequencing to analyze the hair fragments found in the canine teeth of the infamous ‘Tsavo man-eaters.’ ...

Although they might not have a lion’s crushing power, wildebeest possess effective ways to defend themselves. Adult wildebeest are large, muscular animals weighing up to 600 pounds and standing ...

Zebra and other African game evolved characteristics to help them survive one of the harshest environments on earth. Africa was the birthplace not just of humanity, but also of much of our planet ...

An average wildebeest weigh 200kg, an adult lion can consume almost a fifth of this in a single sitting. ... Wildebeest facts; Zebra facts; On the Website. Big Cat Raw: the final episode.

Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya’s Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the ... waterbuck, wildebeest, and zebra, and we also identified hairs that ...

Africa’s Great Migration sees millions of wildebeest and zebra thunder across the sun-bleached savannah, drawn by instinct to cross crocodile-infested rivers where predators lie in wait. But beyond ...

Unlike a wildebeest hide, a rhino’s skin is very hard for a lion’s teeth to penetrate. And finally, rhinos have size on their side. White rhinos are the second-largest land mammal in the world ...

Sharing their habitat with some of the most dangerous predators on earth, including lions and cheetahs, leopards and hyenas natural selection forced African wildlife such as the zebra to evolve clever ...