A male lion is king of the beasts He relies upon females for feasts. She's out hunting prey While he's sleeping all day It just doesn't seem fair in the least.   Female lions are the hunters in the prides. The males only hunt if they are not part of a pride. When the females bring back their kill, the male lions eat first. The females eat once the males are done. Finally the cubs are allowed to eat when the adults are done. Lions can sleep for up to 20 hours each day!
	Giraffes are really quite tall They munch acacias; leaves, thorns and all. They nibble away Throughout the whole day When drinking they try not to fall.   Giraffes can grow up to 17 feet tall. They eat the leaves of many types of acacia trees. Sharp thorns keep the giraffes from eating so much of the tree that the tree would die. The branches of the Whistling Thorn have small growths (galls) in which ants live. When the giraffe starts to nibble on the leaves, the ants come out to stop the giraffe's eating.
The elephant is a great beast Upon grass and leaves it does feast. Its trunk pulls and rips And sometimes it sips It shakes off the dirt for its feast.   Elephants pull up bundles of grass, weeds and leaves with their trunks. They then shake the bundles against their bodies several times to throw off the bugs and dirt before placing the food in their mouths. Elephants are herbivores or plant eaters.
	Impalas can jump very high Ten feet from the ground to the sky. They leap and they bound Not making a sound They gracefully glide right on by.   Impalas are one of the most graceful of the East African antelopes. They are a favorite food of many of the large predators so they have to be constantly on the alert. When alarmed, the browsing herd seems to explode in all directions making it difficult for a lion or cheetah to choose just one victim.