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Photo by Joanne Merriam (Wikicommons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am going to level with all of you.\u00a0 I chose today’s animal based purely on their name.\u00a0 For some reason, I have a ton of fun saying the word “Bongo”.\u00a0 Go ahead, try it out!\u00a0 You can’t tell me that it isn’t a fun word, can you?\u00a0 Please don’t judge me.\u00a0 Some people pick their favourite football team by the colour of their jersey’s, well, I pick my animals but the coolness of their name.\u00a0 Bongo!\u00a0\u00a0 Sorry, I had to say it one more time.<\/p>\n

All right, let’s get away from my thinking process and into the facts, Wild Facts, that is!\u00a0 You can probably tell from the picture that the Bongo (honestly, I am going to smile every time I write it) is a type of antelope.\u00a0 You can also tell that they are a reddish-orange animal with white stripes.\u00a0 What you may not be able to tell from the picture is they are primarily nocturnal, and among the largest of the ungulates found in the African forest.\u00a0 Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that they are found throughout parts of Africa.<\/p>\n

Believe it or not the Bongo is the only animal in the world in which both the male and females have horns.\u00a0 Both genders typically have fairly long, spiraled horns.\u00a0 Just to bring you back into my brain.\u00a0 I immediately thought this fact was a mistake since I know both genders in animals such as Caribou have antlers.\u00a0\u00a0 You probably caught my mistake – I automatically, compared the two since they are both ungulates.\u00a0 Antlers and horns are two very different things.\u00a0 In case you didn’t know, antlers are shed every year while horns are not.\u00a0\u00a0 Back to the Bongo horns!\u00a0 These antelope use their large horns for self defense and in the case of the males, as a status symbol.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Patrick Coin (Wikicommons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bongo is hardly ever seen in large groups.\u00a0 The males tend to be solitary while the females typically form groups between 6-8, however, some herds can get as large as 20 individuals.\u00a0 These Bongo herds are mostly comprised of females and their young.\u00a0 I guess the Bongo is no different than many other animal species, where they simply toss the males out of the group to live their bachelor lifestyle.<\/p>\n

That does it for the Bongo Wild Fact!\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed reading about this antelope.\u00a0 Be sure to check back in tomorrow for the last fact of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am going to level with all of you.\u00a0 I chose today’s animal based purely on their name.\u00a0 For some reason, I have a ton of fun saying the word “Bongo”.\u00a0 Go ahead, try it out!\u00a0 You can’t tell me that it isn’t a fun word, can you?\u00a0 Please don’t judge me.\u00a0 Some people pick their favourite football team by the colour of their jersey’s, well, I pick my animals but the coolness of their name.\u00a0 Bongo!\u00a0\u00a0 Sorry, I had to say it one more time. All right, let’s get away from my thinking process and into the facts, Wild <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[868,348,795,1444,1441,1443,4025,1442],"yoast_head":"\nFacts about the Bongo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Bongo is a type of antelope found in parts of Africa. 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