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2022-06-02

Evening exercise …

… by some Nyalas at Thanda Safari

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2022-01-28

A focused Nyala female!

Herbivore week image 5 😊

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2021-10-07

Spiral horns in soft light!

Nyalas are some of my favorite antelopes. I took this picture of a young male on Thanda Safari in the most beautiful evening light.

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2020-09-14

THE EVENING POST – MUD

A bit of mud on the horns makes one look so much more impressive 😊

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2020-09-03

THE MORNING POST – MUDDY FEET

I like this picture of an Nyala family with muddy feet on a cool, overcast day!

Enjoy your day 😊

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2020-07-25

THE MORNING POST – BOYS WILL BE BOYS

Adult Nyala usually fight very little. Instead they use a slow dance around one another to determine the more impressive winner of their comparison contest.

But young Nyala do what boys do – they have a little fight from time to time.

Enjoy your Saturday!

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2020-05-13

Nyalas are predominately browsers which means they mainly eat leaves of trees. They are the most sexually dimorph antelopes on Thanda Safari. Once grown into adulthood the male changes its color from red-brown to grey. Female and male look so different from one another that it is hard to believe they are of the same species.

And the males usually do not fight with their horns, as most other antelope species do, but perform a slow walk with back arched and their white hairs standing up – almost a dance – around one another. I have never been able to determine why one of the two ‘dancers’ is the looser and the other the winner.

But as they often both mate with females after such dances it probably does not really matter 😊 Have a good day and stay safe.

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2019-03-04

NYALA WEEK

I am featuring a species per week on my social media channels. Here is a summary of the last week’s posts (and some blog bonus images). I hope you enjoy some of my favorite Nyala pictures :-).

All pictures were taken at various locations in South Africa.

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2017-04-24

I am leaving South Africa today for my annual trip to Germany and Switzerland. As I was preparing for a presentation I am going to give in Switzerland I came across this image. It is one of my favorite Nyala shots ever 🙂

More info about by presentation in Switzerland on 28 April at https://sperka.info/2017/04/18/zululand/

2015-08-24