Mammals: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour
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Richprins
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No!
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Re: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour
Strange to see so many oxpeckers on one animal only 
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Sweet-blooded? 
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Re: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour
It could be one of several reasons Lis.
The buffalo might have a high ecto-parasite load and therefore there is good feeding there for the oxpeckers.
The buffalo may have some open wounds that the birds are exploiting.
The birds have just arrived at this herd and have landed en-mass.
The birds have already fed and are gathering prior to flying off to roost.
One of the birds may have given an alarm call, so they have gathered on one animal before flight.
The buffalo might have a high ecto-parasite load and therefore there is good feeding there for the oxpeckers.
The buffalo may have some open wounds that the birds are exploiting.
The birds have just arrived at this herd and have landed en-mass.
The birds have already fed and are gathering prior to flying off to roost.
One of the birds may have given an alarm call, so they have gathered on one animal before flight.
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Dewi!"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela
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Re: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour
Gert Erasmus suggests this is a nyala, arks!arks wrote:This isn't exactly "behaviour", but I'm curious about this bushbuck, seen along the Timbavati road in April 2016. Is the white hair an indication of (partial) leucism or is it old age?
Working on the grey part!
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Lets for get about the stripes, also the one on the "face", but what about the black tip of the tail?
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Re: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour
Richprins wrote:Gert Erasmus suggests this is a nyala, arks!arks wrote:This isn't exactly "behaviour", but I'm curious about this bushbuck, seen along the Timbavati road in April 2016. Is the white hair an indication of (partial) leucism or is it old age?
Working on the grey part!
Yes, OK to nyala and thanks for following up RP