Water Hole

A young Nyala male - part of a bachelor group, at a rather muddy looking water hole. I am not sure what type of bird that is with him, but I suspect it is one that eats the ticks and bugs off of these wild animals

[narayani]

Very cool looking animal

[Diana]

Lovely capture of this beauty.

[Desi]

@narayani @ludwigsdiana Thank you. They are very cool indeed. The males and females are completely different from each other. Females are a sort of reddish brown colour with no horns at all, and half the size of the males. They males start off the same colour as the females and as they mature they become a dark grey colour and develop these distinctive horns and facial markings.