Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Horns broken/missing

  • nwalters33 by nwalters33

    Do gazelle ever buck heads? Or could this be from a failed hunt?

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  • dms246 by dms246 moderator

    Actually these are females, and quite a few of the females have twisted and deformed horns - I saw one of the scientists in another thread here say about 25% of them have wonky horns. If you look closely, you can see that the horn there is actually twisted down and back. I've seen some photos showing female tommy horns that are twisted into a loop! 😃

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