Love Nature: Wildlife Icons

Jackals are scavengers, they feed on the remains of dead animals, but will occasionally hunt down small mammals. Sometimes, they bury pieces of meat to hide it from other wild animals like lions and hyenas.

The black rhino has a reputation for being extremely aggressive and charges readily at perceived threats. Male rhino bulls are known to kill any rhinos that get in between them and a potential mate, including rhino calves. Female rhinos are notorious for protecting their calves from predators and rhino bulls.

What do the apex predators like lions do when they are not hunting for food? Snoozing! Male lions usually spend up to 20 hours a day sleeping, and the lionesses spend more time hunting and taking care of cubs, so they get slightly less sleep. And following a large meal, lions may even sleep up to 24 hours-talk about a catnap!

Lion pride hunts for cubs in Africa's Savannah. The Savannah is a complex web of life, from the plants at the bottom of the food chain to the predators at the top. Stories of life and death have unfolded on these plains for millions of years.

What's the difference: White Rhino and Black Rhino? One differentiating characteristic between black rhinos and white rhinos is the shape of their upper lip. The black rhino has a pointed upper lip, while the white rhino has a square-shaped lip. White rhinos are primarily grazers and eat grass, while black rhinos use their prehensile lip to pluck branches and leaves from plants.

A baby elephant takes its first swim after a long drought and traveling in Kruger National Park. Elephants appreciate cooling off in bodies of water and playing with their friends and members of their herd.

Hungry and cute lion cubs beg lioness mom for the rich and nutritious milk, but mealtime is apparently not on their terms! Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves on the continent It contains diverse.

Buffalo herds are known to stick together especially when attacked by predators like lion pride. Sometimes the whole herd returns to save one of their own from the jaws of death! From their time as dangerous adversaries to colonialist hunters, for the lion, African elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino, life isn't easy when you're big in the wild.

A 12-year old female leopard climbs up a tree with its prey to avoid the attack from lion pride. Leopards tend to take their prey and stash them in trees. By dragging what they've caught up into the branches, they protect their food from scavengers and other predators like lions that might come and steal their precious catch.

A couple of cute lion cubs meet their dad for the first time when the cubs' father rejoins the pride. These cubs left their den six months after they were born in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Before the return of the cubs' father, this lioness had to protect her newborn cubs from danger alone.

A couple of cute lion cubs left their den for the first time since they were born with their mother in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Before the cubs' father rejoin the pride, this lioness will do anything to protect her newborn cubs from danger.