Photo by Hartmut Inerle (Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBe Wary of the Predator<\/h2>\n
Due to its small size, the Blue Duiker has numerous predators within its natural environment, and, as a result, plays a crucial role in native food chains.\u00a0 Despite emerging only at night, predators from birds of prey to baboons to crocodiles still hunt these miniature bovidae.\u00a0 Other predators include hyenas, wild dogs, cats, and snakes.\u00a0 Furthermore, humans reduce the population of the Blue Duiker not only by hunting them for food but also through deforestation, which destroys the Blue Duiker’s natural habitat.<\/p>\n
Although vulnerable, this species has evolved to increase its likelihood of survival.\u00a0 Specifically, the blue and brown coat of the Blue Duiker serves as the perfect camouflage for when it searches for food in the surrounding forest at night.<\/p>\n
Find Your Own Territory<\/h2>\n
The way in which the Blue Duiker marks its terrain makes this antelope interesting.\u00a0 Blue Duikers have small scent glands just under their eyes, which can be clearly seen as dark lines running down their cheeks.\u00a0 Blue Duikers will rub these glands, which secrete a smell unique to the individual, onto trees to mark their territories–territories that can be up to 10 acres in size.\u00a0 In addition to utilizing their scent glands, Blue Duikers will use piles of dung to ensure that their boundaries are clearly visible.\u00a0 In fact, these dung piles act as important indicators of their presence in forested areas.\u00a0 Blue Duikers spend most of their time patrolling their territories, aggressively warding off other Blue Duikers that try to encroach on their turf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cool Facts About The Blue Duiker The Blue Duiker is a small species of duiker–a group which includes 19 small to medium-sized species of antelope native to Sub-Saharan Africa.\u00a0 Possessing a brown coloured coat with a blue tinge and a white underside, Blue Duikers have small cone-like horns in the middle of their head While they can live up to 15 years in the captivity, their life span in the wild is unknown. Blue Duikers have small scent glands just under their eyes, which can be clearly seen as dark lines running down their cheeks. Who Needs Water? To <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[868,348,3726,795,1630,3725,3727,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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