Ms. Barrett said...
Questions from Justin D. (HMS pd. 8)
1) You mentioned in one of your journal entries that zebras are territorial. How big is their territory?
2) What would happen if another male zebra enters his territory?
3) If zebras are territorial, is there more than one male in a herd?
Yes, Grevy's Zebra males are territorial. There are no permenant bonds between adult Grevy's Zebra. You may find bachelor herds, mares with foals and they may all join in a mixed herd, but no mixed herds last too long. Aggression does not occur often between breeding stallions. There may be chasing and nipping, but that may be the extent of the interactions. The
solitary-territorial males usually only associate with mares that drift through their territory. The territories are large for a herbivore. These territories may range from 1-5 square miles. Some ranges for both females and males individually could go as high as 3000-4000 square miles.
--Tammy Schmidt-Team Member, St. Louis Zoo
Questions from Justin D. (HMS pd. 8)
1) You mentioned in one of your journal entries that zebras are territorial. How big is their territory?
2) What would happen if another male zebra enters his territory?
3) If zebras are territorial, is there more than one male in a herd?
Yes, Grevy's Zebra males are territorial. There are no permenant bonds between adult Grevy's Zebra. You may find bachelor herds, mares with foals and they may all join in a mixed herd, but no mixed herds last too long. Aggression does not occur often between breeding stallions. There may be chasing and nipping, but that may be the extent of the interactions. The
solitary-territorial males usually only associate with mares that drift through their territory. The territories are large for a herbivore. These territories may range from 1-5 square miles. Some ranges for both females and males individually could go as high as 3000-4000 square miles.
--Tammy Schmidt-Team Member, St. Louis Zoo
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