Meet the Sitatunga...
This is a marsh dwelling antelope native to Central Africa and is also known as a Marshbuck.
It has an unusual way of walking and at first as I observed the small herd in the paddock at Chester Zoo I was concerned at how swampy the ground seemed to be but as I watched a little longer I could see how these animals are perfectly adapted to these conditions. One of their adaptations is long splayed hooves.
The males have beautiful long, curved horns but the females do not.
They are not a threatened species but their main predators are humans, pythons, crocodiles, leopards and lions.
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