{"id":283,"date":"2009-12-17T07:45:30","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=283"},"modified":"2009-12-17T07:45:30","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T12:45:30","slug":"impala-antelope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/impala-antelope\/","title":{"rendered":"Impala Antelope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its amazing how beautiful the Impala is.  Botswana&#8217;s population seems to be thriving.  When we were there, mothers had recently given birth to many calves.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_284\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091118_chitabe_0670_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Impala Calf Approaching Male Adult\" title=\"20091118_chitabe_0670_blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091118_chitabe_0670_blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091118_chitabe_0670_blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Impala Calf Approaching Male Adult<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several things make identifying Impala&#8217;s easy.  The most notable is the &#8220;M&#8221; shape marking on the hind end.  Many people think it looks like a McDonalds sign.  Many of my readers know I love movies.  To me it looks more like the McDowells sign in &#8220;Coming to America&#8221;!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091115_tokaleya_0226_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Hind End of Impala showing &quot;M&quot; marking\" title=\"20091115_tokaleya_0226_blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091115_tokaleya_0226_blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091115_tokaleya_0226_blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, one of the real purposes the Impala serves in the circle of life is food for many of the predators.  We witnessed many kills where the Impala was on the menu as the daily special.  The most notable of these kills were the dog kill featured in one of my previous blogs and a leopard kill from my last day at Chitabe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_287\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 266px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091119_chitabe_6308_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Leopard Kill of Impala in Tree, Chitabe, Botswana, Africa\" title=\"20091119_chitabe_6308_blog\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091119_chitabe_6308_blog.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091119_chitabe_6308_blog-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leopard Kill of Impala in Tree, Chitabe, Botswana, Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Its hard to imagine that a creature so beautiful as the Impala serves mostly as food for Africa&#8217;s wild predator population.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091117_chitabe_0617_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Impala Calf, Chitabe Camp, Botswana, Africa\" title=\"20091117_chitabe_0617_blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091117_chitabe_0617_blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091117_chitabe_0617_blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Impala Calf, Chitabe Camp, Botswana, Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its amazing how beautiful the Impala is. Botswana&#8217;s population seems to be thriving. When we were there, mothers had recently given birth to many calves. Several things make identifying Impala&#8217;s easy. The most notable is the &#8220;M&#8221; shape marking on the hind end. Many people think it looks like a McDonalds sign. 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