reedbuck being weird

• by Nye

  One of my favorite images so far: http://talk.snapshotserengeti.org/#/subjects/ASG0005ukf - Why is this reedbuck (or dik dik) twisting its head all the way around like this? Is it checking out the camera? Maybe it's scratching its head against a rock we can't see?

  Posted December 15, 2012 12:43 AM

• by ajg

  I can see it scratching it's head with a hind leg

  Posted December 15, 2012 1:14 AM

• by SirSchumii

  Yeah but some flyez in pic 2

  Posted December 15, 2012 11:35 PM

• by ajg

  Yeah - I had this one too. that's a bug 😃 Slow exposure and lit up we see the trail.

  I know it's not a meteor b/c it's in front of the clouds and meteor "trails" have a distinct shape (amateur astronomer, astronomy educator here 😃 )

  Posted December 16, 2012 1:36 AM

• by louise0909

  This Thomson gazelle doing about the same thing... http://talk.snapshotserengeti.org/#/subjects/ASG0003p0w

  Posted December 17, 2012 2:17 PM

• by Ettina

  He's using his hind leg to scratch an itch, I bet.

  Posted December 17, 2012 3:52 PM