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Originally Posted by jonwvara
Who knows their African wildlife? I don't think that was a gazelle.
Originally Posted by okane
Probably a Gnu. That Gnu knew what he wanted....he was aiming for that biker....no accident there, he was open for business!

PS what's a Gnu?
Originally Posted by easyupbug
Unless you have direct experience in Africa or watch a lot of nature shows you have probably only seen Grant's and Thomson's gazelles. There are maybe a half dozen species of gazelles in Africa and more than a dozen antelope species many of which could have been that guy from what I could see.
It was a Hartebeest. Scary big. 330 lbs with a top speed of 34mph. That guy got absolutely clobbered.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hartebeest
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