Fen Bowen ’17
Major: Environmental Policy
Round River Conservation Studies, Botswana
(Spring 2015)
Re-posted with permission from the Round River Blog
Which animal is the largest of the antelope family, and is found patchily in East and Southern Africa? Which animal relies on dense thicket for evasion from predators, and when running will lift its head in order to keep its horns at shoulder level? Which animal has the largest horns of any other, and is greatly sought for the beauty of its horns? Which animal has large rounded ears for superior hearing, and will use loud barks and grunts in order to communicate with each other? Which species’ males are tolerant of each other, and both sexes are polygamous? The Greater Kudu, or Tragelaphus strepsiceros, is all this and more.