More pictures worth a thousand words

(writing in progress)

Equus quagga burchellii and Antidorcas marsupialis hofmeyri:
https://www.offset.com/photos/africa-namibia-etosha-national-park-necking-zebras-with-springboks-in-557584

Giraffa:

One of the most remarkable photos ever taken in acacia savanna:
https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/photo/giraffe-in-fog-in-acacia-forest-royalty-free-image/683014284?adppopup=true

Nanger granti granti and Equus quagga boehmi:

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/antelopes-and-zebra-on-a-background-of-grass-safari-in-gm485382802-71944747
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/antelopes-and-zebra-on-a-background-of-grass-safari-in-gm480447836-68564721

Antidorcas marsupialis:
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/impala-in-south-africa-gm1246082454-363145482

The following shows a particular pattern of allometric growth of the ear pinnae in Antidorcas marsupialis. The ear pinnae of infants are not disproportionately long relative to adult females. However, as infants grow into juveniles, the ear pinnae suddenly grow to adult length, before other parts of the anatomy gradually catch up.

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-springbok-ewe-with-lamb-in-the-karoo-south-africa-near-calitzdorp-21932842.html?imageid=21A477CA-80CB-4C9D-93A7-07A9E05E89AA&p=10608&pn=1&searchId=4113351e3b1f6f44ed6a2ce04ac7d525&searchtype=0

Extreme example of non-quagga in Mokala National Park:

The following (http://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Mokala-National-Park-Zebra-Quagga.jpg) shows an extreme example of what can be achieved by selecting for minimal striping in the southern subspecies of Equus quagga, namely E. q. burchellii. The result is a ‘cultivar’ rather than anything resembling the extinct quagga (E. q. quagga). The main problems are that

the ground-colour is far too pale (it was brown in the extinct quagga, not white as achieved here), and
the striping on the head and lower posterior flanks in particular is far too reduced (the head of the extinct quagga probably appeared blackish in the field at any distance, whereas this head below would appear white at any distance).

https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/photo/masai-giraffe-grazing-with-acacia-thorn-tree-royalty-free-image/1314173578?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/photo/masai-giraffe-grazing-with-acacia-thorn-tree-royalty-free-image/1314174245?adppopup=true
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/giraffe-among-acacia-trees-wild-african-1998243440
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/rothschilds-giraffes-giraffa-camelopardalis-rothschildi-feeding-1844274220

https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/photo/masai-giraffe-feeding-with-acacia-tree-royalty-free-image/1264670095?adppopup=true

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sociable-weaver-philetairus-socius-nests-camel-1319790815

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/giraffes-tsavo-east-west-amboseli-national-1884394378

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/giraffe-eating-acacia-leafs-384354568

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/rothschilds-giraffes-their-typical-fur-pattern-1703077951

(writing in progress)

Publicerat 17 augusti 2022 08.57 av

milewski

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The Natural World's biotic majesty, certainly remarkable.

Inlagt av gingkophyta_appre... över 1 år sedan

they are quite acclimatized, and they seem rather disciplined around humans

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@gingko_biloboa1
As I understand it, all these individuals of Crocuta crocuta have been hand-reared by Kevin Richardson. They thus regard him as a member of their own species. I doubt that such relationships could ever be achieved by habituation alone. The discipline is intrinsic to society in C. crocuta, and is merely applied to the man as it would be to a conspecific - except that this particular man knows how to ensure that he remains socially dominant vs all the individuals.

Another way of putting this:
What is remarkable is not only that a species as brutal and hierarchical as C. crocuta can be playful and affectionate in its social interactions. It is also that the anthropogenic 'parental' bond is so durable, lasting for the whole life of a relatively long-lived carnivore.

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