For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Impala

Young male Impala spend a lot of time play-fighting and in the process, sometimes a horn gets damaged. This means that they will never be able to compete for the females when it is breeding time.

For more pictures and information, please go to: http://saphotographs.blogspot.com/2013/04/impala-aepyceros-malampus.html

2 comments:

Diane said...

Wow that reminds me of the cow with the crumpled horn :-) I think we are inclined to take Impala a bit for granted, but the are such pretty creatures. Have a good weekend. Diane

Gaelyn said...

I'd go for the odd one myself.