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These antelopes are large, robust animals; males are generally about 25 percent larger than the females. They have large, rounded ears and white patches above the eyes, around the nose and mouth, and on the throat. Only the males have horns, which are prominently ringed and as long as 100 centimeters (40 inches). The horns are widely spaced and curve gracefully back and up. They are sometimes used with lethal results when males fight one another over territories.
They have a shaggy brown-gray coat that emits a smelly, oily secretion thought to be for waterproofing. In East Africa, two types occur: the common waterbuck and the defassa waterbuck, distinguished only by the white pattern on the rump. The common waterbuck has a conspicuous white ring encircling a dark rump, while the defassa has wide white patches on either side of the rump.
Habitat loss and fragmentation are the biggest threats facing these antelopes. As people construct new roads, build settlements, and expand agriculture, they are infringing on wildlife habitats.
The Hoofs n Horns collection is dedicated to a side of wildlife that is of the upmost importance to the survival of the ecosystem that does not get the attention it deserves. In this series you will find hoofed and horned mammals across the Masai Mara plains in Kenya ranging from the tiniest to the largest of these beautiful creatures.
Unfortunately these animals are at risk not due to the natural cycle of life of being hunted by Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, Hyenas and wild dogs but unnecessarily fall prey to us humans for inhumane purposes of greed and self interest. A large population fall to the hands of poachers who capture them for commercial gain by selling off their horns and by game hunters who kill them off for sport to display them as personal trophies.
I hope that through this collection more awareness can be raised on this topic and help stop the needless slaughter of a species that are critical to maintain the balance of the wildlife ecosystem from being wiped out.
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Hoofs n Horns #6 - Defassa Waterbuck
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These antelopes are large, robust animals; males are generally about 25 percent larger than the females. They have large, rounded ears and white patches above the eyes, around the nose and mouth, and on the throat. Only the males have horns, which are prominently ringed and as long as 100 centimeters (40 inches). The horns are widely spaced and curve gracefully back and up. They are sometimes used with lethal results when males fight one another over territories.
They have a shaggy brown-gray coat that emits a smelly, oily secretion thought to be for waterproofing. In East Africa, two types occur: the common waterbuck and the defassa waterbuck, distinguished only by the white pattern on the rump. The common waterbuck has a conspicuous white ring encircling a dark rump, while the defassa has wide white patches on either side of the rump.
Habitat loss and fragmentation are the biggest threats facing these antelopes. As people construct new roads, build settlements, and expand agriculture, they are infringing on wildlife habitats.
The Hoofs n Horns collection is dedicated to a side of wildlife that is of the upmost importance to the survival of the ecosystem that does not get the attention it deserves. In this series you will find hoofed and horned mammals across the Masai Mara plains in Kenya ranging from the tiniest to the largest of these beautiful creatures.
Unfortunately these animals are at risk not due to the natural cycle of life of being hunted by Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, Hyenas and wild dogs but unnecessarily fall prey to us humans for inhumane purposes of greed and self interest. A large population fall to the hands of poachers who capture them for commercial gain by selling off their horns and by game hunters who kill them off for sport to display them as personal trophies.
I hope that through this collection more awareness can be raised on this topic and help stop the needless slaughter of a species that are critical to maintain the balance of the wildlife ecosystem from being wiped out.
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