Mammals
Yellowstone Shira moose
or alces alces
or alces alces
Was taken 20 yards from my brother's cabin in Island Park, Idaho. After munching for several minutes it bedded down for an afternoon rest for several hours. Its velvet antlers will fully mature then break off in winter.
Yellowstone Shira moose
or alces alces
or alces alces
Ceratotherium simum simum or Southern White Rhino
At the Phoenix zoo
Asian elephant or Elephas Maximus
At the Phoenix zoo
Possibly Papio hamadryas or Baboon female
Phoenix zoo
Possibly Papio hamadryas or Baboon female
It used to be theorized that female Baboons with bigger redder bottoms was a signal for mating. However new findings suggests that bottom swelling isn't a reliable indicator of evolutionary fitness, the researchers said.
The bigger-bottomed baboons didn't attract more males, either, the researchers report in the June issue of the journal Animal Behaviour. Rather, males really seemed to go for females that had gone through more ovulatory cycles since their last pregnancy. Like humans, baboons are not as fertile while nursing infants, so it might behoove males to wait a few cycles to mate.