From the african Indaba

Giant Sable Follow-Up Report
Pedro vaz Pinto



Camera traps on one site took 333 photos of a sable herd on October 22nd, between 05h40 and 06h48! These photos provided new details and allowed better identification of individuals. The photos confirmed the hybridization problem. In total 10 animals were identified, of which half are mature pure females, with the remaining 5 being hybrids. This included two individuals never recorded before, one of which is a very young calf. It is interesting to observe the behavior, as only one of the adult females used the Salina with 4 young hybrids, while the remaining 4 mature females and the newborn watched from a distance. There was no sign of the 4 young pure males, nor the hybrid bull and a few more pure adult females. The herd may have split into several groups, considered normal seasonal social behavior.


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