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… stood this young Kudu bull. He was stock-still, awaiting my move.

Often, the first reaction of many prey species is not to run when they encounter a predator (or anything else moving about which they are not certain, like me in my Jimny).

Instead, they freeze in place to see if the sighted potential threat continues on a course parallel or away from themselves. If that is the case, they go back to what they were doing before the encounter.

But if the subject of interest (me in this case!) turns towards them or remains still for too long, then they will take evasive action and run away.

This is exactly what happened in this case as I had to continue on the road.

Technical data: Canon R6 with EF lens f2.8/70-200mm | ISO 100 | 1/500sec | f2.8 | ev+0 | 170mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode

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There is a curious traditional sport in South Africa. It is called Kudu dung-spitting (Bokdrol Spoeg in the Afrikaans language).

The winner is the contestant who is able to spit one of the small, hard Kudu dung pellets the furthest.

Unlike many similar sports, the distance is measured from the marker to the place the dung pellet comes to rest, rather than where it initially hit the ground.

The world record stands at 15.56m (51″), set in 2006 by Shaun van Rensburg from Addo.

I know this sounds like a joke fit for first of April. But it is quite true. I have tried it myself, but I got nowhere near the work record.

When you visit South Africa you may try it yourself. Good luck!

Technical data: Canon 1D Mark IV with EF lens f4/500mm | ISO 2000 | 1/2000sec | f4 | ev-1 | WB 6500K | AV Mode | Crop to 75% of original image

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Greater Kudu are the largest antelope on Thanda Safari. A average adult male weighs around 250kg (~550lbs). They are predominantly browsers, which means they eat mainly tree material.

Kudu are rather shy and tend to run away as soon as one stops the safari vehicle in their vicinity. That is why I like to observe them from a large distance, which means that I am remaining in their comfort zone, not disrupting their natural behavior.

Kudu are are a spiral horned antelope and have two closely related ‘cousins’ in our area. Nyala and Bushbuck are much smaller, but are often found in the same habitat as Kudu and they are also mainly browsers.

Technical data: Canon R6 with EF lens f4.0/500mm | ISO 400 | 1/500sec | f4 | ev+0.5 | 500mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode | Crop to 50% of original image

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Chewing a bone for extra calcium and phosphate 🦴

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I took this picture this evening with a very long lens at failing light. The image quality is not great, but the subject is.

Nine most impressive Kudu bulls at the edge of the savanna!

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Herbivore week image 3 😊

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My favorite spiral-horned antelopes: Kudus!

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