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These are a couple of young male impalas in a bachelor herd. When young males get old enough to be perceived as a threat to the dominant male, they are booted out of their mothers’ herd and join others in bachelor herds until they are ready to establish a territory of their own. These two bachelor boys were meticulously grooming each other for quite a while; kind of neat to watch. You can tell from the size of their horns that they are young (you can see a mature male with much larger horns here ).

Taken in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

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Description
These are a couple of young male impalas in a bachelor herd. When young males get old enough to be perceived as a threat to the dominant male, they are booted out of their mothers’ herd and join others in bachelor herds until they are ready to establish a territory of their own. These two bachelor boys were meticulously grooming each other for quite a while; kind of neat to watch. You can tell from the size of their horns that they are young (you can see a mature male with much larger horns here ).

Taken in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

Notice: This work is not stock and is copyright-protected. No reproduction or use of any sort without prior written permission.