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Sprocky my feelings as well but our more learned friends say we are wrong.
How do they then explain you personal experience.

Just to clarify again...

The "simultaneous-birthing" is now a third issue, agreed upon by sammylou, presumably Imberbe, and "Richpins"...

The "holding back" is still the second issue, agreed upon by "Richpins", Sprocky, louis and half of Scipio...
but not by Imberbe, and three quarters of bishop...

ice is 25% in a neutral corner...

Stay tuned!

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Richpins

maybe this is also true for impalas???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_implantation

MMM, could well be. Lets hear what the Guru's have to say about it.

This is going to be intresting thanks Alko

Thanks very much, as an older forumite, Alko!


the question is, how do the ungulates know when the rains are going to come in their locality 6 months later!?

Thank you RP, this is my exact question. Maybe we could learn from them, about when the rains will come, but they supply no clues, they just wait it out.

Ok!

Unwittingly, we now have created a fourth topic!

So respondents should state where they are replying to...

As far as I know (about roe deer, 'ree'), environmental regulators are induced by seasonal patterns. So the winter temperature and circumstances determine the time when the obligate diapause stops and the embryo starts to develop (5 months). I'm not aware of any mechanism that makes it possible for a roe deer to predict the seasonal circumstances in the comming summer. Maybe impala's can?

Does anyone know whether diapause is observed in impala's? Cant find any information or research on that.

Excellent info and points, Alko!

All this would make excellent theses for students/post-grads!




(I think some female forumites have exhibited diapause...don't know about Impalas... )

Thanks Richprins. Rather spend the rest of my life in SA instead of working on a thesis

Mapungubwe Albino - Jan 2010



My friends don't think I look different!

Lovely Cherries

It looks amazing between all the others

Ho ! nice, another one
maybe not albinos... "only"...( I can't remember the name) ,lack of pigments
generally albinos have "red eyes"

Thank you Anne-Marie.

I was not aware of this.

I do need to do some reading and I appreciate your help and guidance.

He did stick out as the saying goes ... "like a sore thumb" !