by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Taurotragus oryx photo © Lip Kee Yap Dual-purpose colouration of common eland The northern subspecies of the common eland is perhaps the prime example of a mammal that uses the same pattern of colouration to camouflage itself from its predators when standing still and...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Khoisan rock art © Lukas Kaffer Khoisan rock art shows the true eland Links to the images that inspired this bio-insight: http://rsr.akvo.org/ https://www.flickr.com/ http://l7.alamy.com/ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/ http://l7.alamy.com/...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Common eland young bull (Taurotragus oryx) photo © Yathin S Krishnappa The unheard beckoning of an asinine chestnut Figure 1. Taurotragus oryx photo by farmgirl via Wikimedia Commons Figure 2. Taurotragus oryx photo by Lip Kee via Wikimedia Commons The common...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Nyala angasii photo © Kjersti Holmang White crests are symbols of different stripes among antelopes Nyala angasii photo © Papphase The nyala and springboks are southern African bovids both possessing white, erectile dorsal crests. However, the functions of these...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Equus caballus photo © Dagur Brynjólfsson Pacing in ancestral horse as a show for predators No wild equid has ever been recorded fleeing with a pacing gait, the normal gait at moderate speeds being the trot. However, the fact that certain breeds of the domestic...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
The ‘toelt’ demonstrated by Equus caballus photo © Dagur Brynjólfsson An unremarked convergence between equine and elephantine The ‘hyperamble’ – in which the footfall sequence of the normal ambling walk is quickened to the point of just achieving...
