Waterbuck
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Location: Botswana
Photographer: © Pia Dierickx
The Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is an antelope found in Western, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa.
Waterbuck stand 1 to 1.30 m at the shoulder and weigh from 160 to 240 kg. Their coats are reddish brown in colour and become progressively darker with age; they have a white 'bib' under their throats and a white ring on their rumps surrounding their tails.
The long spiral structured horns, found only in males, sweep back and up. They are found in scrub and savanna areas near water where they eat grass. Despite its name, the waterbuck does not spend much time in the water, but will take refuge there to escape predators. Females gather in herds of between two and six hundred individuals.
Males keep territories of around three hundred acres during their prime. They usually lose their territories before the age of ten. (www.wikipedia.com)
No publication without written permission of the photographer.
Location: Botswana
Photographer: © Pia Dierickx
The Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is an antelope found in Western, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa.
Waterbuck stand 1 to 1.30 m at the shoulder and weigh from 160 to 240 kg. Their coats are reddish brown in colour and become progressively darker with age; they have a white 'bib' under their throats and a white ring on their rumps surrounding their tails.
The long spiral structured horns, found only in males, sweep back and up. They are found in scrub and savanna areas near water where they eat grass. Despite its name, the waterbuck does not spend much time in the water, but will take refuge there to escape predators. Females gather in herds of between two and six hundred individuals.
Males keep territories of around three hundred acres during their prime. They usually lose their territories before the age of ten. (www.wikipedia.com)