Antelopes, Antelopes, Antelopes

If you are a photography fan, then it does not matter how often you go on Safari in Africa, how many pictures you have already taken of this antelope or that one, if another ones shows his or her beautiful face, you simply cannot keep from taking "just another shot... and then another one.... and then just one more.
And when I select "the best of this or that"...  there is always one more which should have made this selection.
Let me show you a few of the better ones.... ( tomorrow I will find one which I then insist should have made the cut...

Oh well, not to worry... have a good look at those:

The corkscrew horns crown this male Greater Kudu 

as he browses the tasty  leaves

of his favourite bush.

One of the smallest of the antelopes,

the Clipp Springer

must think he is a mountain goat

Another male Kudu, visited by two oxpeckers looking for insects.

A male Waterbuck.

There are two theories concerning the white circle around his tail.

Some suggest it is a help for the young to follow his parents through the dense bush,

others insist that it tells a predator: "I've seen you and I'm on my way, therefore, chasing me is of no use to you.

( those same two theories are being put forward about the "White Tailed Dear."

The "Clown of the Steppe"

also known as the "Wildebeest".

In the area of Tanzania, Kenia and surrounding countries

there are about 1.5 Million of them on migration.

We witnessed a heard, which our guide estimated to number at about 10,000 to 15,000

crossing the Mara River on their migration.

a female Kudu, somewhat smaller than her male partner

 and, of course, without the spiral horns.

Here is a male Nyala.

His horns have only one swing in the middle and a small curve at the end, 

as opposed to the Kudu, who has multiple swings.

Another peculiarity of the Nyala: 

It is the only Antelope where the colouration of the male differs substantially from that of the females.

Please note: The male middle to dark grey, the females light brown.

Before this male Impala stepped into the sun light,

he turned around once more to make sure that we posed no threat.

In the Kalahari a small Duiker and a streight horned Oryx

seem to have no problem sharing the same feeding ground.

above and below:

A graceful male Impala.

Our guide made a most fitting comment:

"The Impala", he said, "are the flowers of our Park."

A scimitar horned Sable Antelope.

A group of "Lady Impalas"

ready for modeling school