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Still at the Addo, we encountered a few Kudus.
They have a narrow body with long legs, and their coats can range from brown/bluish-grey to reddish-brown. They possess between 4–12 vertical white stripes along their torso. The head tends to be darker in colour than the rest of the body, and exhibits a small white chevron which runs between the eyes.
Male Greater Kudus tend to be much larger than the females, and vocalise much more, utilising low grunts, clucks, humming, and gasping. The males also have large manes running along their throats, and large horns with two and a half twists, which, were they to be straightened, would reach a length of 1 metre on average. However, the male horns do not begin to grow until the male is between the age of 6–12 months, twisting once at around 2 years of age, and not reaching the full two and a half twist until they are 6 years old.
Males weigh 190-270 kg while females weigh 120-210 kg. Females do not have horns while the bulls have horns that average 120 cm in length with the record being 187.64 cm.
Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_kudu |
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Hi Rute,
A great capture catching the Kudos getting his water ration while he can. Really good reflection in the pool of water great colours and sharp details. I would have cropped more from the top of shot but that's my opinion.
Regards
JOn
hi Rute
anthother excellent wildlife shot you details and pov are realy good and you have captured the monent realy well tfs
regards bryan
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