#Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest

[inatungulates]

Eastern Thomson's gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii thomsonii, front and far back

Eastern white-bearded wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus, back

Observed by hfabian

[aticketplz]

ヌーとオリックスが仲良くしてて、ズートピアのジュディの隣人カップルみたいだと思ったのですが、あれはクーズーとオリックスでした

@伊豆アニマルキングダム

The wildebeest and oryx were getting along so well, and I thought they were like the couple next door to Judy in Zootopia, but it turned out to be Koodoo and oryx.

@Izu Animal Kingdom

[nkp1981]

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest And Flamingos

Photo: Christian Alpert

[pleistocene-pride]

Connochaetes taurinus better known as the blue wildebeest, the common wildebeest, the white-bearded gnu, or the brindled gnu, is a large antelope in the family bovidae which along with the black wildebeest makes up the genus the genus Connochaetes. In the wild, Blue wildebeest live throughout grasslands, savannahs, and brushlands in southern and eastern Africa, where they congregate in large herds which can number in the thousands. The blue wildebeest is mostly active during the morning and the late afternoon when they feed upon short grasses, trees, shrubs, melons and other fruit, roots, and tubers, with the hottest hours of the day being spent in rest. These extremely agile and wary animals can run at speeds up to 80 km/h (50 mph), despite this common wildebeest are common prey items for lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, leopards, hyenas, and nile crocodiles. Three African populations of blue wildebeest take part in long-distance migrations, timed to coincide with the annual pattern of rainfall and grass growth on the short-grass plains during such time hundreds to tens of thousands of common wildebeest will travel up to 1000 miles (1610 kms), often alongside thousands of plains zebra. The two species don’t compete for food though because zebras prefer long grass and wildebeest can then graze on the shorter grasses. The species is sexually dimorphic, with males being larger than females reaching around 4 to 5.5ft (1.23m to 1.65m) tall at the shoulder, 5.6 to 7.9ft (1.7m to 2.4m) in length and 365 to 640lbs (165kg and 290kgs) in weight compared to females which get around 3.7 to 4.7ft (1.14m to 1.42m) tall at the shoulder, 5.7 to 7.1ft (1.75m to 2.15m) long, and 310 to 570lbs (140kg to 260kg in weight. Both males and females have distinctive L-shaped horns. They have a pale grey or brown coat with a blue sheen and dark stripes across their neck, shoulders, and chest. Blue wildebeest have a long black tail and a long black mane, which either stands up or drapes over the neck depending on the subspecies. The beard trailing under the neck is white. During the breeding season, which spans over a three week period at the end of the wet season, at this time males engage in so-called lekking behavior, gathering in all-male groups to display to females with sparring and vocalizations. A male outcompeting his rivals in a lek secures mating rights to nearby females. He will then mount a receptive female and mate with her several times. She will remain close to him after mating, and he will prevent other males from approaching her. This way, he may gather a harem of females during the breeding season, although leks and harems will fragment soon after the breeding season to reform into bachelor and yearling herds again. After a 8.5 month pregnancy a mother common wildebeest gives birth to a single calf which will remain by her side for 8 to 12 months. Female blue wildebeest reach sexual maturity at 16 months old and males around 2 years, under ideal conditions a blue wildebeest may live up to 20 years.

[african-hyena]

ガボンシタツンガ／シロオリックス／シロヒゲオグロヌー／ローンアンテロープ(鯨偶蹄目ウシ科)

Forest Sitatunga/Scimitar Horned Oryx/Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest/Roan Antelope

「シカに似てシカにあらず」

　皆さんアフリカのサバンナでライオンやチーターに襲われている草食獣を、シカだと思っていませんか？実はあれはシカではなくウシの仲間で、インパラやガゼル、エランドやヌーといった動物達はレイヨウ(アンテロープ)と呼ばれているグループの草食獣なのです。シカとウシを見分けるポイントのひとつは角です。シカの角は枝分かれをしていますが、ウシの角は枝分かれがありません。またシカの角は季節ごとに生え変わりを繰り返しますが、ウシの角は生え変わることがなく折れてしまうと元には戻りません。

[kimzebraadventuressafaris]

The Great Wildebeest Migration in the Serengeti is the largest single movement of wild animals in the world, deservedly listed as one of its eight Natural Wonders and an exceptional inspiration for a dream nature tour of northern Tanzania with 🧭 www.kim.tours 🧭. Around 1.5 million wildebeests, with hundreds of thousands of zebras, elands, gazelles along with a trailing retinue of predators, leave their calving grounds in southern Serengeti, around March and April, heading for the next water source. Trekking via the south-central Seronera outskirts into the Western Corridor and Grumeti River arriving during the month of April to May and residing till June, and then finally towards the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya crossing the perilous Mara River around July or August onwards with a return via the same death-defying river, this time heading to the bearing of Lobo and Loliondo in eastern Serengeti around October to November. The white bearded wildebeest journey continues back to the southern Ndutu calving grounds with arrivals starting around December with temporary residence till March (read more on when is the best time to go to Serengeti).

The dates timing of the migration depends upon the annual rains and renewal of fresh pasture which may seasonally occur earlier or later in some years. But the spectacle is worth the effort to make a photo safari in Tanzania as multitudes of wild gnus pour across the plains, driven by instinct or necessity in such a way that they act as one entity, pursuing their destiny, to rut, mate, dare and die on this impossibly perilous journey, which, nevertheless, ensures the ultimate survival of the wildebeest and the continuance of the Serengeti ecosystem of which they are the mainspring. Their epic journey is one of violence and endurance as they battle onwards, past granite kopjes where cheetah or lion lie in ambush, through flood-swollen and crocodile infested rivers, over parched plains scorched by wildfires, to sanctuary in the north. Then, homing in on distant rains, they circle back again, daring greater hazards by the same water.

The best National Park in Africa 2019 & 2020

Reposted from @kimzebraadventuressafaris

[lluxoperon]

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest. San Diego, 2017. • #sandiego #socal #southerncali #california #animalpark #safaripark #sandiegosafaripark #zoo #africatram #whitebearded #wildebeest #gnu #lazyday #hot #wandering #travel #animal #fujifilm #fuji #xt2 #fujixt2 #fujifeed #nikcollection (at San Diego Zoo Safari Park)

[inatungulates]

African bush elephant Loxodonta africana, front

Eastern white-bearded wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus, back left

Observed by joshua_rains, CC BY-NC

[inatungulates]

Eastern white-bearded wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus

Observed by dbeadle