A topi in the grass and apparently on its own too. Usually they go about in large herds and the males like to stand on top of ant hills or any earthy hummock to show themselves off. Similar to Coke’s hartebeest, they can be distinguished by their deep chestnut coats with plum-coloured flashes. They are a subspecies of tiang antelope found in Ethiopia and southern Sudan, which in turn represent northerly versions of the Central and South African tsessbe. All part of the natural world’s endlessly rich and subtle diversity.
Perhaps he’s playing kind of the castle! Wonderful shot
oh help my keyboard and brain are convinced every word beginning with kin must end in d, I meant to say KING!!!
LOL!
I think kind of a castle works too – certainly as far as the topi is concerned 🙂
😀
I love the image of it peeking through the tall grasses…beautiful. Hope you enjoy a good weekend. time to get the strawberry vodka out:)
Hello Janet. We have indeed given the strawberry vodka an airing; or at least a viewing. Not sure if it’s still drinkable. Must give it a test run.
Enjoy:)
You weren’t joking about the ark were you! 😂
Ha!
Well…when I ‘stand’ on an ant hill I get covered. How do they not? Beautiful animal .
That is a very good question, Beverly.
We had a Siamese cat that used to hide behind a candlestick. His theory was if he couldn’t see us, then we couldn’t see him. Except he COULD see us and we did see him 😀
Marvellous feline logic. I tried the same thing today – taking a short cut across the field from the allotment, only to find the farmer had started ploughing. Some of the farmers round here don’t take kindly to wandering citizenry. And as it was raining too, I held my big plastic compost gathering bag over my head, and it at once became an invisibility cloak. And it worked. Neither of us could see the other 🙂
Gosh Trish, what a beautiful photo.
Isn’t nature amazing
(especially when you have your photographic skill, too!)
Emma 🙂
Many thanks, Emma. Believe me, it was a chance shot 🙂
… backed up by a huge amount of skill, though!!
🙂
Their habit of using termite mounds as look-out posts just like the big cats do is such a peculiar trait!
first photo is beautiful but kinda frightening 🙂 🙂
That eye!
The first capture is adorable.
The second is simply stunning!
Many thanks, Ju-Lyn. You can’t beat a topi on a termite mound for photogenicity 🙂
Oh my goodness! Is that a termite mound????? Is he not frighted?
I think they might be a long way down. That’s only a theory.
An ant-hill castle? Interesting concept for today’s politicos…