Topi
There’s a fast antelope called a Topi here. They often like to stand on hillocks, looking like sentinels.
The only previous photographs I’ve managed of Topi so far have been in the heat of the middle of the day and they have been ruined by the heat haze. This is much better.
Don’t they have unusual colouring?
The lyre-like horns, hairy ears and striped faces make them look very distinctive.
I love them.
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