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Male gerenuk (Explored)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 01:07:03 +0000

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"The gerenuk, whose name means “giraffe-necked” in Somali, is an exceptionally long-necked antelope. Their head is small for their size, but their eyes and ears are large. Only the males have horns, which are stout and heavily ringed, and they have a more heavily muscled neck than the females do. They have a coat that is brown on the upper back and lighter on the sides. The short tail looks longer as it ends in a tuft of black hair. Like many other gazelles, these large antelopes have preorbital glands in front of the eyes that emit a tar-like, scent-bearing substance they deposit on twigs and bushes to mark their territory. They also have scent glands on their knees that are covered by tufts of hair and between their split hooves."

www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/gerenuk

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A delightful rump (Explored)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 23:51:48 +0000

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Waterbucks have circles of white fur on their rumps.
Tsavo West National Park
Kenya

Sunday challenge: Circles

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Dik-dik

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 01:22:35 +0000

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Dik-diks are small (12–15.5 in at the shoulder) antelopes that live in the bushlands. Their name comes from the zik-zik sound that females make when they feel threatened.

Samburu/Buffalo Springs National Reserve
Kenya

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Sunset in the Mara (Explored)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 02:19:38 +0000

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Wildebeests graze in Maasai Mara

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Bullseye (Explored)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 23:39:32 +0000

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Male Waterbuck

Samburu/Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya

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