| Kudus
(female bottom left, dining male to her right) sport tawny-brown to grey-brown
coats, marked with white stripes on the flanks which vary greatly in shape,
size and pattern. Notice the V-shaped band on forehead (visible on the female)
and white spots on cheeks and over the eyes. Males display manes of long
hair extending from the back of the head along the back to the tail, as
well as on the lower neck to the belly. Single calves are born during January-February
after a gestation period of nine months. Out-of-season births are not unusual.
For the first four to six weeks calves lie up in hiding and are visited
by their mothers for nursing. Cows and their young form social groups of
four to ten. We loved the deep rose tint in the female's ears and when you
would see them backlit the ears just glowed. |
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