Photo by The Lilac Breasted Roller (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo do you want to hear something really interesting?\u00a0 Of course you do.\u00a0 The males will mark their territories with piles of dung.\u00a0 Then they will stand on these mounds and defend their territory from any possible intruders.\u00a0 Who would have thought that a pile of dung would make a great watch tower.<\/p>\n
Topi Fast Fact – <\/strong>Here is further evidence that males and females are never on the same page.\u00a0 The females prefer to mate with a dominant male that they have mated with in the past; however, the males prefer to mate with a female that hasn’t yet mated, if given the option.\u00a0 I can just imagine that my lady readers are rolling their eyes at the “typical males”.<\/p>\nSo there you have it, folks.\u00a0 Topi Thursday is done and we only have one more Wild Fact left this week.\u00a0 Enjoy the rest of your day and I will see you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is already Thursday as we quickly move through our Wild Facts for the week.\u00a0 As you know, today’s animal will be starting with the letter “T” (again).\u00a0 I had the suggestion of writing about the Tasmanian Tiger, which would have been a great animal to talk about today, unfortunately that fact has already been done.\u00a0 Instead we are heading to Africa to talk about the Topi.\u00a0 So put on your safari hat, grab your canteen and get ready for Topi Thursday. As you can probably tell from the pictures, the Topi is a type of antelope.\u00a0 Looking at them <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,795,1630,1627,1629,4025,1626,1628],"yoast_head":"\n
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