eland
(pronunciation: the letter ‘e’ rhymes with the letters ‘ee’ in “bee”)
an eland
a kind of animal – mammal – antelope – large, with thick short tan colour hair (coat), black patches on the face, along the neck, with white stripes running down from the back to the sides reaching the belly; “dewlap” (= loose skin hanging from the chin, throat to the chest); spiral horns in both male and female (horns grow to about 4 feet long); grows to 4-6 feet tall at the shoulder, and 7-9 feet long, and weighs (female) 250-500 Kg. (male) 700-900 Kg.; feeds on grasses, leaves, fruit and bulbs (buds and flowers) of some plants; found on the plains of southern Africa and the great South Africa plateau
female ~~ cow
baby ~~ calf / tucker
group ~~ herd
voice (call) ~~ (?)
eland horns and dewlap
The eland is the largest of all the antelopes.
The most important feature is that both male and female elands grow spiral horns, which is not the case with most other antelope!
Both the male and female elands use their long (about 4 feet long) spiral horns to break and bring down the high branches of trees.
eland in cave paintings
Though a slow runner, an eland can start jump over 10 feet!
Elands are the animals most often seen in the early rock painting (prehistoric rock paintings found on the rock faces of the caves);
and they still hold important place in the mythology (folklore) of some southern African tribes!!
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