Big Black Animals With Horns
It has been observed that the elephants especially the males have an aversion to rhinoceros.
Big black animals with horns. This large species of antelope can attain a height of 150 230 cm with males weighing up. The horns on this animal are long and sharp and come in handy for both males and females though the horns of the females tend to be sharper and thinner than the males. Their horns are very big very long and in a spiral shape which look a little like giant ornate seashells.
Markhor Goats are a critically endangered breed. The thing is beside helping the animal attract a mate the horns help in defense attack and foraging food as well. The horns of the male Markhor goat can reach up to 16 meters in length.
They have a large muscular tusk and prominent tusks developed in both sexes. They are the national animal of Pakistan and is sometimes known as the screw-horn goat. It stands at 12 meters tall and has a body length of 190 to 240 centimetersThe Gemsbok has a spectacular pair of horns that go up to 85 centimeters.
They range from the jackrabbit-size dik-dik with three-inch eight-centimeter horns to the giant eland whose curling horns can reach nearly four feet just over a meter. Its chest and legs are black and its coat is rusty red. The horns of the animal are indicative of its age.
Though solitary fairly peaceful kudu males may indulge in face-offs using their horns. The vast majority of animals that have horns will have large ones as they are typically used for establishing their dominance. While the females are warm brown and horn-less as the nyala pictured below the males are dark skinned with long spiraled horns and a woolly fringe on their belly.
This is because as the animal ages its horns tend to wear down. Goat with Unique Horns. In fact sometimes the locking of horns is so convoluted that it can result in the kudu not being able to disengage each other and dying of thirst or starvation.