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Maharajah Jungle Trek - Blackbuck

1/1/2022

Maharajah Jungle Trek - Blackbuck
Andrew_NZP, 18 Jan 2022
    • Gondwana
      Do any of the males have normal looking horns or were they all malformed like in these?
      18 Jan 2022
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    • Andrew_NZP
      @Gondwana I'm not really sure, but I do remember a lot of them having weird looking horns.
      18 Jan 2022
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    • Kudu21
      Their horns look like that because they are castrated. You end up with a lot horn abnormalities when you castrate early, especially in species in which only the males have horns— like blackbuck. Blackbuck will breed like rabbits if you let them, and they are not a managed species, so it’s no surprise that they have so many castrated males.
      18 Jan 2022
    • Cat-Man
      I guess that explains the light colour, too?
      21 Aug 2023
    • Kudu21
      @Cat-Man That is correct, yes. Although intact males that are younger and/or lower ranking males in the herd will also maintain that lighter coloration as well.
      21 Aug 2023
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