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than those of the bulls. In the young animals the 

 horns stick up as plain spikes. The longest pair of 

 cow eland horns obtained by Selous measured 2 feet 

 10 inches ; this hunter also states that the horns of very 

 old bulls are often worn down to a little more than a 



Elands ( Taurotragus oryx). Bull and bull-calf, 

 are at first straight spikes. 



The horns 



foot in length. A big eland will occasionally attain a 

 height of nearly six feet at the withers and weigh 

 over 1,500 pounds. Its flesh differs from that of most 

 antelopes as it contains a fair amount of fat. The Masai 

 will eat the flesh of the eland as they consider it to be 



