Female ready to mate permits male to lick her rear. Mother and Offspring Described in Mother and Offsrpring. Series of soaring bounds, like exaggerated stotting, descending vertically and throwing hind legs high in air. Chasing, cavorting, sparring. Response to Predators Alert posture, stamping, alarm-snorting, other nervous behavior.
Impalas spend much time in bushy habitat, are unusually alert to possible danger.
Other impalas often react by taking flight. Leaping and scattering. Startled herd members explode in all directions.