wildebeests

If you happen to face these wild beasts, many must be surprised because your head is a bull's head, horns are ox horns, your tail is a ponytail (the end of the tail is a long black coat of hair), heavy look.They are not wild cows, nor wild horses, they look like these "dirty" but they belong to the family of antelopes.

Just come close, these "scary" animals will flee in panic before humans. These " bullhead " guys are gentle and shy, only know how to eat grass. They will become real " clowns" when panicked.

All day and night they are always on alert and always ready . to run. In the dry season, people often see thousands of wildebeest herds going to the area with drinking water. By the rainy season, large herds tend to disperse and form small herds during the rest of the year. They must also regularly move to lands where grass grows after rain.

About the "concubine" , the wildebeest are famous throughout . Africa, during mating season, people often see the first antelope herds of about 150 but only about 1 male, so the children The male sought to "flirt" with the passing girls.

And the males who do not have enough talent to "drag" their children are gathered together into the "mussels" wandering on the "lonely ten thousand miles" path.

After 8 to 9 months of pregnancy, females lay off their calves around February or March. 30 minutes after the birth of the earth was born, the young was able to stand up and run, running back and forth - this talent was really important to them, to avoid being prey to lions, leopards and wild dogs.

Each mother's calf only lays 1 child, each year the pregnant antelope in the herd often spawns at the same time. Anyway, the young antelope is born just a few days apart. Therefore, lions, leopards, wild dogs, . eat a lot of juveniles, it is impossible to eat the future antelope. When the young wildebeest grow a little bit more, they can run quickly to avoid evil animals and preserve the race.

The scientific name is Connochaetes taurinus. Adult males have bodies about 2.4m long; weighs about 275kgl; about 1.2m high. Females are slightly smaller than males. Both have curved horns. Distribution extends from southern Kenya to the end of South Africa.