stefano steff romei
so beauty
the sable ( hippotragus niger niger ) is maybe the most beautiful african antelope.
perhaps a little frightened by my presence or in a gesture of challenge he started to pee.
a big bull like this can reach +230kgs and the horns arrive till +160cm long!!!
they are proud animals used to confront their natural enemies with the horns ...unfortunatly their beauty expose them as an hunting trophy.
hunting and habitat destruction reduced drastically the population.
all the 4 african subspecies are critically endangered or vulnerable.
the niger niger is the most "common" subspecie but just to give an idea in zimbabwe the wild population drop in 20 years from 25000es to...450!!!
in south africa and botswana situation is much better but you can see them just in a few parks.
mokala national park has been opened to give home to some rare antelopes including sables.
we hope for a better future.
"so beauty"
mokala national park,SA
original HD file here:
so beauty
the sable ( hippotragus niger niger ) is maybe the most beautiful african antelope.
perhaps a little frightened by my presence or in a gesture of challenge he started to pee.
a big bull like this can reach +230kgs and the horns arrive till +160cm long!!!
they are proud animals used to confront their natural enemies with the horns ...unfortunatly their beauty expose them as an hunting trophy.
hunting and habitat destruction reduced drastically the population.
all the 4 african subspecies are critically endangered or vulnerable.
the niger niger is the most "common" subspecie but just to give an idea in zimbabwe the wild population drop in 20 years from 25000es to...450!!!
in south africa and botswana situation is much better but you can see them just in a few parks.
mokala national park has been opened to give home to some rare antelopes including sables.
we hope for a better future.
"so beauty"
mokala national park,SA
original HD file here: