Named after and English explorer, Thomson's gazelles are found in Africa. They follow zebras and wildebeests about when searching for good grazing.
These gazelle have many predators including cheetahs, lions, leopards, hyenas, pythons, eagles, crocodiles, jackals, and baboons. The gazelle's ability to run for a long time, zigzag, and make sharp, swift turns, usually saves it from their less agile predators. They also use their ability to stot, pronk, or in other words, leap, to startle predators. Usually the young, the ill, and the decrepit are the ones taken down by predators.
Male gazelle establish territories and try to establish dominance over the female gazelle who form herds and travel through the various male territories. Males stiff the female's urine to see if she's ready for baby makin'.
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