The antelope exhibits strength through the knee

To show the strength and attraction, the public spread the colorful tail, the deer held the horns strong, and the African antelope slammed its knees together.

Scientists from the London Animal Association (UK) and the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) found that male antelopes rarely fought to fight off females during the breeding season. Instead, they make strange noises. To identify the source of the strange sound, they recorded the sounds of emitting wildebeest in Kenya during mating.

The analysis showed that strange sound was created when a tendon cord in the leg of the antelope slipped through the leg bone. One could hear that sound from a few hundred meters away.

" The tendon wire has the same function as the string being stretched and the frequency of the sound comes from the tendon inversely proportional to its length and diameter ," said Jakob Bro-Jorgensen, a member of the research team. expression.

That means the sound represents the body size and power of the antelope. Thanks to the sound, male antelopes can affirm their right to mate with females without having to go through battles.

This study adds knee knocking to the list of signals used by animals to represent their social status.

A skin fold below the throat of the antelope shows their age, while the dark color on the fur represents a level of aggression.

An African antelope.(Photo: worldofstock.com)