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Water Buck


Water Buck
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Copyright: Tim Inman (tinman) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 242 W: 7 N: 458] (2663)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-24
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF100-400 F4-5.6 L IS USM, SanDisk Ultra II 2GB, Hoya UV Filter
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/160 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-06-12 9:35
Viewed: 8306
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is an antelope found in Western, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa.

Waterbuck stand 190 to 210 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh from 160 to 240 kilograms. They are also very heavy. Their coats are reddish brown in colour and become progressively darker with age; they also have a white 'bib' under their throats and a white ring on their rumps surrounding their tails. The long spiral structured horns sweep back and up, they are found only in males.

Waterbuck are found in scrub and savannah areas near water where they eat grass. Despite their name it seems that Waterbuck do not like to enter the water. Waterbuck are diurnal. Females gather in herds of between two and six hundred individuals. Males keep territories of around three hundred acres (1.2 kmē) during their prime. They usually lose their territories before the age of ten.

Taken in the southern Kruger between the Crocodile River Bridge and Lower Sabie, this male was standing close to the road and I managed to take a few shots before another car came along and he ambled off. Vegetation is dense as there have been good rains there, although certain areas look very dry still.

Thanks for the look by. Tim

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2006-06-12 15:55]

Hello Tim , A very beatifull photo from this antilope , good colours details compositie pov bg .very good i like it , tfs Greetings Teunie .

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