Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting a large antelope native to sub-Saharan Africa: the waterbuck.
Waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), as their names indicate, inhabit areas that are close to water sources in savanna grasslands, gallery forests, and riverine woodlands. They are highly dependent on water as they cannot tolerate dehydration in hot weather. Most other antelope species drink once every one to three days but the waterbuck has to drink two or more times a day. Waterbucks eat a variety of grasses but when necessary they also eat other herbs and occasionally browse leaves from certain trees and bushes. These antelopes are good swimmers and are known to swim to islands in lakes to graze. They also use water for protection: when potential danger is detected they frequently go into the water and submerge themselves only leaving their nostrils above the surface.
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Waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), as their names indicate, inhabit areas that are close to water sources in savanna grasslands, gallery forests, and riverine woodlands. They are highly dependent on water as they cannot tolerate dehydration in hot weather. Most other antelope species drink once every one to three days but the waterbuck has to drink two or more times a day. Waterbucks eat a variety of grasses but when necessary they also eat other herbs and occasionally browse leaves from certain trees and bushes. These antelopes are good swimmers and are known to swim to islands in lakes to graze. They also use water for protection: when potential danger is detected they frequently go into the water and submerge themselves only leaving their nostrils above the surface.
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