Mammals: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour

[Richprins]

Ja, the hartebeest family too! But this is a smaller species!

[Toko]

I think normal also for the smaller ones digging into the ground for forehead secretion

[nan]

I think normal also for the smaller ones digging into the ground for forehead secretion

I have a Springbok doing something like that... but I have to search

[Dewi]

"Horning" is a behaviour used by Bovids to establish their rank or prowess within the herd. Not necessarily used against a competing male, but towards all members of the herd. It is not a scent marking behaviour as some do not have a pre-orbital gland, though some urinate and defecate on the ground beforehand and cover themselves with scent to show virility.

[Richprins]

Or it's crazy?

Seems good, Dewi, but very unusual!

[Lisbeth]

The deers do it!

[Toko]

Lions kill elephant at Madikwe Game Reserve

[nan]

oups sad... and still alive

[Richprins]

Apparently, although it looks like a calf, one of the rangers estimated the elephant to be 9-10 years old already, based on the size of his tusks.

Very strange!

A stunted growth ellie?

Will send on...

[flying cheetah]

I'm just back from my annual trip to Kruger. Sightingwise the trip started very slow (took me 2 weeks to find my first leopard) then it got better and better and the last week was simply incredible.
Altogehter I had 6 wild dog sightings and I would say that I spend more than 6 hours with them. The most spectacular sighting I had on my last morning and now I would like to tell you the story:
Last Wednesday I saw a pack of 11 dogs at 6 pm just 1 km north of the Matjulu bridge (BnD area). They were walking in the Afsaal direction and of course I made a plan to find them again the following day. In the morning I was second at the gate, ignored the lions beside the road and dorve to the tar road where I have seen them the day before. They were just 2 km's away and still sleepy when I found them. After 15 minutes they got up, started to socialize and I thought that they soon would start to hunt. Suddenly 3 adult dogs walked a bit away from the others and looked up the tar road northwards. First I could see nothing but soon I saw 6-7 other dogs speeding towards "my" pack. I thought they belong together but when they got nearer they all started a serious fight. They attacked each other in the same way as they attack their prey animals and for more then 5 minutes there was hell all over the place and it was nearl impossible to follow all the action. But from what I saw I think there was at least one dog killed and one seriously injured!!
Has anyone of you seen something like that before and do you know if this happens regularly? For me it was a fascinating but also shocking sighting and all that I know after this experience is that I definetely have to learn more about these amazing animals!