Spiral Horned Antelope

by John Telfer

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Spiral Horned Antelope

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John Telfer

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Photograph - Photograph

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While at the San Diego Zoo, located in San Diego, California I spotted this graceful Spiral Horned Antelope with remarkable looking horns. At the time I was looking at the elegant animal he was resting in the hot sun. He had such impressive coloring on his long head that resembled the shape of a horse's head. As he laid there I was able to photograph him and capture all of his details on his horns and the beautiful coloring on his coat and features in his head. If an animal is called a �spiral-horned antelope,� you better believe it�s going to have a set of spiraling horns on its head! All of the bulls (males) have these impressive hood ornaments, and in the bongo and eland species, the cows (females) have them, too. It is important to note that horns are different from antlers in many ways: horns do not branch and are not shed each year as antlers are. Horns are there to stay for the animal�s lifetime and are actually part of the skeleton. They are made of hollow bone covered with an outer layer of keratin. So how do they grow in a spiral? Well, the twisting is a result of a growth pulse where the horn material grows faster and thinner at certain times, and then thicker ty of this World
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February 12th, 2012

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