Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Something odd about horn?

  • heylei by heylei

    Is it me, or does it seem like maybe something is sloughing off of this horn? I labeled it as a wildebeest but I'm not 100% convinced, it looks like a somewhat different shape than normal.

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  • davidbygott by davidbygott moderator

    It is a male #wildebeest - his horn is muddy. Sometimes he rubs his head on the ground, particularly when fighting or threatening, and horns get muddy that way. His relatives, hartebeest & topi, sometimes do the same.

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