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What is this kudu eating ?
25 August 2007, 17:27
Safari-HuntWhat is this kudu eating ?
This is a couple of pics that I took from an kudu cow. Now the question is what is she eating ?
Some hints:
- It is dry and not much to eat.
- It is under a shady tree even if it is dry and the end of winter, end of August.
- There is baboons also nearby.
- It is of course part of a plant.
- It is quite tough and took a while for her to swallow.
I will give the answer tomorow afternoon our time. Morning time US!
Frederik Cocquyt
I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good.
25 August 2007, 17:36
NickuduThe fruit of the sausage tree?
25 August 2007, 18:22
Joe MillerAre Kudu, ruminants? If so she could be re-chewing a previous meal of some forage.
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25 August 2007, 18:57
MacD37quote:
Originally posted by Nickudu:
The fruit of the sausage tree?
My guess as well, but I've never seen Kudu eat these! Elephant eat them all the time, though.
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25 August 2007, 19:08
7x57Dung!
25 August 2007, 19:10
BwannaKind of looks like a hunk of elephant dung!
25 August 2007, 19:47
PhilDon't know what she is chowing down on but those are great photos. How close were you and what did you use to capture the images. Great job!!
Phil
25 August 2007, 20:16
Safari-HuntThanx Phil,
Quite close 15 yards and the equipment was a Konica Minolta Dynax 7 D with a 100-300 mm 1:4.5-6.7 zoom lens from Sigma.
Frederik Cocquyt
I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good.
25 August 2007, 20:21
ledvmlooks like part of a palm frond maybe dropped from a Baboon!
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25 August 2007, 20:55
JagterKlapperdop - or monkey orange's remains after the baboons opened it and ate most of the pips inside the fruit.
A type of wild coconut one can almost say.
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25 August 2007, 21:43
Use Enough GunAgreed.
25 August 2007, 22:25
doccashYes they are ruminants and no that is not a cud. Dr.C
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25 August 2007, 22:44
yukon deltaThat is not ele poop. It looks like something that might have passed through something already but not poop. It doesn't look very good to me.
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26 August 2007, 00:53
NzouPic number one looks like it could be a monkey-orange, but looks more fibrous in the following pics. I would say, given that it was under a big shady tree, most likely a Kigelia fruit, which is as hard as sin, so probably opened by an ellie or stick of dynamite?
26 August 2007, 18:05
Safari-HuntYes, most of you were right the fruit of a sausage tree.
She sure was chewing and giving her jaw muscles a good work out.
Frederik Cocquyt
I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good.
26 August 2007, 20:37
Blair338/378A friend of mine's mother in Namibia is having a hell of a time this month with Kudu.........
Translated from the German; "they are mowing her garden"
She has promised to leave me the biggest bull...57-59 inches for next year. How will I make a stalk?
Might have to shoot the bugger after morning coffee and rusks
Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!!
Blair.
27 August 2007, 06:14
Use Enough GunShe may STARVE TO DEATH before then. . . .You'd better go now or let some other lucky soul have a shot at him! But if she's still alive and if the kudu haven't finished the garden off, then I'd dress up like her, sit on the back porch and shoot him from. . . . . her rocking chair!
27 August 2007, 11:53
Blair338/378quote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
She may STARVE TO DEATH before then. . . .You'd better go now or let some other lucky soul have a shot at him! But if she's still alive and if the kudu haven't finished the garden off, then I'd dress up like her, sit on the back porch and shoot him from. . . . . her rocking chair!
Cunning plan, UEG
Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!!
Blair.
27 August 2007, 14:17
rarmsI would have gone with Baboon Poop!
28 August 2007, 00:35
AtkinsonYou do not say where she is located geographically..It could be Klapperdop, or Amarulu and a few hundred other fruits in various stages of ripening or drying.
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