Friday, August 22, 2008
The impala, an African antelope with long, slender legs and muscular thighs, also gets high marks for its leaping abilities. When frightened, an impala will spring into action, bounding up to 33 feet (10 meters) and soaring some 10 feet (3 meters) in the air. This skill is apparently more than just defensive. Impalas have been observed jumping around just to amuse themselves.
Photograph by Chris Johns
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One of the first animals you're likely to see on a game drive is a herd of impala. My friend Monika calls them the rats of the desert, the most common type of African antelope you’re likely to see.
You'll often see them in herds of females with a single male and in bachelor herds of young males with the lovely horns. Impala are very graceful, leaping or hopping as they run across the savanah.
You'll sometimes see birds (tick eaters) eating the bugs off of their reddish brown coats.
Lots of predators eat Impala. I’ve even heard that the impala’s distinctive M shaped markings on the rump gave the Impala its nickname as "the McDonalds of the African plains".
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