Red Flanked Duiker and Southern Gerenuk | Bob Worthington [San Diego Zoo Safari Park]
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Red Flanked Duiker and Southern Gerenuk | Bob Worthington [San Diego Zoo Safari Park]
Геренук (жирафовая газель).
Однажды я наткнулась в интернете на это совершенно инопланетное существо 😹... и влюбилась. Оно настолько странное, что прекрасное.
Вы тоже должны на это посмотреть!
Самка с детенышем.
Самец.
Сходство геренуков с жирафами не только в тонкой и длинной шее, но и в питании. Будучи обитателями засушливых саванн, они вынуждены тратить много энергии на поиск пропитания. И, чтобы дотянуться до высоких веток, им в этом помогает не только длинная шея, но и их специфическая особенность в тазобедренных суставах!
Gerenuk
Litocranius walleri
By Nathan Rupert
Southern gerenuk (Litocranius walleri walleri)
Photo by Cláudio Dias Timm
Gerenuk (litocranius walleri)
taken at the Los Angeles Zoo in Los Angeles, California
status: near threatened
A very neat species that I have struggled to get a nice photography of until today! These guys have some strange long necks with a very small head for eating foliage out of reach of other antelope species.
GERENUK (Juvenile) Litocranius walleri ©Laura Quick Gerenuk are also known as the giraffe gazelle, is a long-necked antelope found in the Horn of Africa and the drier parts of East Africa.Primarily a browser, the gerenuk feed on foliage of bushes as well as trees, shoots, herbs, flowers and fruits. It can reach higher branches and twigs better than other gazelles and antelopes by standing erect on its hind legs and elongating its neck; this helps it reach over 6-½ feet (2 meters) above the ground. Acacia species preferred, while evergreen vegetation forms the diet during droughts. The pointed mouth assists in extracting leaves from thorny vegetation. The gerenuk does not drink water regularly.
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Male Gerenuk
Gerenuk browsing for higher branches
Southern Gerenuk | Greg Taylor Photography
Gerenuk - Litocranius walleri, Tsavo East National Park
By Peter Steward