Why are lions the main predator of zebra?

Answer 1

Cheetahs like all cats are what's called obligate carnivores. They have to eat meat.

Cheetahs don't eat zebras that often.

Cheetahs are the lightest of the big cats and aren't strong enough to hunt adult zebras.

They might be able to kill and eat the occasional foal, but prefer smaller prey.

Answer 2

Lions are carnivores, which means that they have evolved to eat meat as their primary source of sustenance. This meat can come from any animal that the lion (or lions, as lions live in a group called a pride in which they work together to feed the group) can catch and kill.

The term for animals that hunt or capture other animals to kill and eat them is a predator. Lions have no animals that normally hunt them for food. This further clarifies the lions status in the food chain, they are what is called an apex predator. An apex predator is a predator that has no animals that hunt or capture them for food.

The term for animals that are hunted or captured by predators is prey animals. These animals, in a well-defined ecosystem, will be more numerous than the predators, as it takes more of the prey animals to sustain a single predator over time. Examples of prey animals and their primary predators follow:

Zebra / Lion,Hyena

Gazelle / Cheetah,Hyena

Wildebeest / Lion,Crocodile,Hyena

Deer / Wolf,Cougar,Human

Mice / Owl,Coyote,Cats,Hawks

Rabbit / Fox,Coyote,Dogs,Hawks,Eagles

Answer 3

They are made of meat and the lions think they taste good

Answer 4

It takes large bites. The lion has very long teeth that are adapted for eating meat, and very powerful jaws.

Answer 5

these lion eat at times of the day when they get bored of eating mice.

Answer 6

Zebra live on the savanna plains of Africa. The top plains predator of the savanna is the lion therefore the main predator of zebra is the lion.

Answer 7

for food, genius

Answer 8

yup, they do!