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"Waterbuck occur on some of the game farms. They are popular with
hunters and photographers so tend to occur in habitats that are rather
unnatural for them e.g. game lodges near Windhoek hundreds of kilometers
from any natural watery swamp."
"You
need to be careful when skinning a Waterbuck for its meat since they
have a very strong smell. This comes from an oily secretion on their
fur. Even people are able to smell it some time after a Waterbuck has
left a location. If skinned badly the smell can contaminate the meat
making it rather unpalatable. There is some discussion as to whether
predators like lions also find the smell repugnant, since there are
records of them leaving waterbuck kills only partially eaten. An ironic
statistic is that lions often have a higher than average success rate
killing waterbuck compared to other items of prey. Presumably this is
because waterbuck smell so strongly and are therefore easier to find." |
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