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Speke's Gazelle at Jacksonville, 10/10/13

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[i]Gazella spekei[/i]

OK, it's wonky, mesh- and foliage-obscured, and appallingly contrasty - but it's a photo of a Speke's Gazelle I took, so I don't care! (the wonkiness is due to having to hang over the edge of the boardwalk for a gap in the trees!)

According to the helpful lady running the giraffe feeding, these have been taken out of the giraffe paddock as the male gazelle had been attacking the giraffes!
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Brum said:
Woo hoo, I've just realised I spend far too much time reading threads on ZooChat! :p

Well I know you had some technical problems at SDWAP with the monorail, I'm going to assume that had something to do with the questionable ID. As in you may have seen them or you may not have got that far on the tour.
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No, I saw some gazelles, but for years assumed they were all Thomson's. I read a couple of years ago (probably somewhere on here) that there were some Grant's in the same exhibit at that time, went back to look at the photos and some of the animals look rather more Grant's than Thomson's in colouration and horn shape, but the position they are (sat) in and the distance means you can't see enough of the ID points to be sure. Other photos show definite Tommies, so they could all be, but I'm unconvinced either way. And now it doesn't really matter! :D

Those monorail problems did, I think, cost me Gerenuk at the time, but nothing else that I'm specifically aware of (we did the whole tour, but pulled by a little shunter, which made a lot more noise than the monorail would have).
 
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Maguari said:
No, I saw some gazelles, but for years assumed they were all Thomson's. I read a couple of years ago (probably somewhere on here) that there were some Grant's in the same exhibit at that time, went back to look at the photos and some of the animals look rather more Grant's than Thomson's in colouration and horn shape, but the position they are (sat) in and the distance means you can't see enough of the ID points to be sure. Other photos show definite Tommies, so they could all be, but I'm unconvinced either way. And now it doesn't really matter! :D

Those monorail problems did, I think, cost me Gerenuk at the time, but nothing else that I'm specifically aware of (we did the whole tour, but pulled by a little shunter, which made a lot more noise than the monorail would have).
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I agree, it doesn't matter at all now! :) I didn't realise you did the whole tour, I thought you were pulled back to the station, not all the way round. I really should pay more attention.

(In my defence, I had just become a dad when you told me this and was dealing with severe loss of sleep! :p)
 

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