sabelantilope - sable antelope - hippotragus niger

Sable Antelope live in wooded savannah where they eat mid-length grass and leaves. They are diurnal but are less active during the heat of the day. Sable Antelope form herds of ten to thirty females and calves led by a single male. Sable Antelope males will fight among themselves; they drop to their knees and use their great sweeping horns.
Females have shorter horns, not as strongly curved as those of the male.
Sable congregate in herds of 15-20 individuals with matriarchal social structure. Within the group, the more dominant female is the leader. There is only one adult male (called a bull) in each herd. The juvenile males are exiled from the herd at about 3 years old.
sabelantilope - swartwitpens - sable antelope - hippotragus niger

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[eagerbeaver53]

@sou9alkalb i second that

[sou9alkalb]

i like this animal