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Impalas are African antelopes that inhabit bushy grasslands, where they graze on grasses and browse on the leaves of shrubs and trees. Males are distinguished from females by their lyre-shaped horns, which they use to fight each other during the rutting season to defend territory and attract females. After a gestation period of seven months, females give birth to a single young. The new-born stays hidden in the bushes near the herd for the first few days, then begins to follow its mother. Impalas are preyed upon by leopards, cheetahs, lions and African wild dogs. When threatened, they escape in a series of high leaps, an anti-predator strategy that displays their agility and exacerbates the energy costs predators would incur in pursuing them.
