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PHOTO OF THE DAY March 19, 2004  

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Where Simen Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, Africa
When 2002
Photographer Michael Nichols

"They swarm the plateau, sometimes 800 strong, in family units averaging four females per male, plus young. ... 'It's a constant battle over sex, space, or a juicy patch of grass,' says [biologist Chadden] Hunter. Male spats [pictured] are mostly brief cheek-puffing, teeth-grinding rituals. ... "

—From "Kings of the Hill?," November 2002, National Geographic magazine

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