Zebras eat mostly grass and will travel up to 1,800 miles in search of food, according to the African Wildlife Foundation. The kick can be powerful, though, and can cause serious injury to a predator. However, running away is the usual tactic, sometimes accompanied by a defensive kick. If he must fight, he will lower his head with neck outstretched and teeth bared, prepared to bite. He will stand his ground while the rest of the family runs away in zigzag fashion. When danger approaches, the stallion will alert the others with a high-pitched snort, according to the University of Michigan. Known predators of zebras include lions, leopards, cheetahs and hyenas. Another habit of zebras is mutual grooming, which they do to strengthen their bonds with each other. For example, ears flattened back means trouble. Even the position of their ears can signal their feelings, according to the San Diego Zoo. They also bark, bray, snort or huff to get their point across. Facial expressions, such as wide-open eyes or bared teeth, all mean something. Zebras have several ways they communicate with one another.
Once the foals are old enough to travel, they and their mothers move on.
Instead, stallions establish territories and mares cross into them to breed and give birth.
However, Grevy's zebras don't have herds. Family groups (known as harems) sometimes get together to form loosely associated herds, according to the San Diego Zoo. Plains zebras and mountain zebras live in family groups led by a stallion, with several mares and offspring. The mountain zebra is found in South Africa, Namibia and Angola. The Grevy's zebra lives in in the arid grasslands of Ethiopia and northern Kenya. Plains zebras live in the treeless grasslands and woodlands of eastern and southern Africa. Though they all live in Africa, each species of zebra has its own home area.
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