Snapshot Serengeti Talk

One Horned Gazelle

  • Antarctica09 by Antarctica09

    Does anyone know what might have happened to the right horn of this Thompon's Gazelle in the foreground? It seems strange that it only has one horn.

    Posted

  • davidbygott by davidbygott moderator

    Female Thomson's horns are slender, fragile and often deformed. They break quite easily, and this species may be in the evolutionary process of females becoming hornless.

    Posted

  • Antarctica09 by Antarctica09

    Thank you for answering 😃

    Posted