1. Fierce Predators in the African
Savanna
By Mike Elmore

2. Menu Slide
•Hyena
•Cheetah
•Lion
•Conclusion Slide

3. Hyena
• Africa’s most
common large
carnivore
• Females are
dominant over
males
• Found in
grasslands, savannas
, woodlands, forest
edges, deserts, and
mountains

4. Hyena Diet
• Skillful hunter and
opportunistic scavenger
• Eats animals of various
types and sizes
• Eats
bones, carrion, vegetabl
e matter, and other
animal’s feces
• Only part of the animal
not digested is
hair, horns, and hooves

5. Hyena Facts
• Hyenas and humans
have an ongoing conflict
because of predation.
• According to some
African folklore, hyenas
are symbols of
witchcraft and the
supernatural.
• Hyenas make different
sounds to communicate
with other hyenas

6. Cheetah
• Fastest land animal in
the world
• The only cat that cannot
retract its claws, allows
for traction while
running.
• Can run as fast as 70
mph for short periods
of time.

7. Cheetah’s Diet
• Usually prey on small
antelopes; either
Thompson’s gazelles or
impalas
• Also hunt small
mammals and birds
• Knocks the prey to the
ground with its paws
and suffocates it with a
bite to the neck.

8. Cheetah Facts
• Unlike all other cats
cheetahs hunt during the
day.
• They have a black “tear
ducts” under their eyes
that act as an antiglare
for hunting during the
day.
• Cheetahs are solitary
animals, they do not hunt
or live with other
cheetahs for most of the
time.

9. Lion
• Nicknamed “King of the
Beasts”
• Male lions are known for
their mane that encircles
their huge heads
• Both male and female
lions roar, can be heard as
far as 8 km away.
• Found in
savannas, grasslands, den
se bush, and woodlands

10. Lion’s Diet
• Live and hunt in prides
• Females are majorly
responsible for the
hunting in the pride.
• Are smart and strong
enough to take down
hippos, rhinos, and
buffaloes.
• Scavenging accounts for
at least 50% of the diet of
most lions

11. Lion Facts
• Lions used to be found in
Greece and India as well as
Africa, now there is only a
very small population in
India
• Lions can for four or five
days without water, receive
a lot of the water they need
from the stomachs of their
prey.
• When a new male takes
over a pride he kills all the
cubs, and mates with the
lionesses

12. Conclusion
All Information About Predators Received From:
African Wildlife Foundation. Retrieved June
22, 2009, from African Wildlife Foundation Web
site: www.awf.org
All Pictures Received From:
Google Images. Retrieved June 22, 2009, from
Google Images Web site:
www.google.com/images