Greetings and welcome to Thanda's famous column of rangers' diary.
"Where is that strange noise coming from?" one of my guests asked while we were driving through Acacia thorn trees. As I switched off the engine I replied that it was an Impala antelope calling. We saw a few Impala not far from us, and as we watched them the guests starting asking more questions with interest.


I started telling them about the interesting mating behavior of the Impala species. Mid April the males start their territorial behavior and make those strange sounds. The males fight and the weak ones are chased away, so that only the strong mate with the females. Out of mating season the males are not territorial, some form bachelor herds and others stay with the female groups.


That's just a few interesting facts about animal behavior, if you would like to learn more you are welcome to come and stay Thanda.

Theo Bukhosini - Field Guide