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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.
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
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.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
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The Natural World's biotic majesty, certainly remarkable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIjgIQweeYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7al0I1w1LcQ
@tonyrebelo @jeremygilmore @ludwig_muller @paradoxornithidae @maxallen @beartracker @botswanabugs
they are quite acclimatized, and they seem rather disciplined around humans
@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.
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/portrait-of-ostrich-in-the-savannah-gm1300453684-392774228
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/familiy-group-of-impalas-in-the-masai-mara-kenya-gm1305473973-396351514
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/blue-wildebeest-and-springbok-standing-in-the-sand-gm802601266-130114537
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/africa-springbok-herd-on-red-clay-gm1247388847-363323740
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/beisa-oryx-oryx-beisa-female-with-young-in-savannah-masai-mara-park-in-kenya-gm1251726537-365403466
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bontebok-antelope-gm1124637984-295309482
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bontebok-antelope-gm526149111-52599282
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bontebok-side-view-gm177114687-18016583
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/blesbok-on-the-high-plains-of-mountain-zebra-national-park-gm161659578-23057114
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/askari-game-reserve-south-africa-2014-gm1127764644-297353183
The following (https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/common-impala-in-kruger-national-park-south-africa-gm1311820971-400808989) seems to show that the skin (epidermis) of Aepyceros melampus is not darkly pigmented.
Illustration of size of Macrotermes mound relative to Giraffa giraffa angolensis for scale, Okavango, Botswana:
http://previews.123rf.com/images/xrrr/xrrr1005/xrrr100500084/7025115-A-giraffe-walks-behand-a-termite-mound-in-the-bushland-of-the-Okavango-Delta-in-Botswana--Stock-Photo.jpg
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