Home»All Albums & Groups»Kenya — January, 2015»Samburu — Three Female Gerenuk

~ Gerenuk have several distinctive characteristics, including wide-set large ears, a distinctive cranial shape, a lithe body and a tendency to canter. Yet it's their occasional tendency to stand on their muscular hind legs to browse high foliage which is best known. We stopped to observe three female gerenuk, one of whom stood to browse, facilitating photographs of the behavior. They appear to be sufficiently adapted to bipedal browsing that no noticeable undue strain occurs. One wonders if this might be a mid-step in an evolutionary process culminating in fully bipedal gerenuk, eons hence.