Chimp & See Talk

Small grey duiker with an odd bump at the ear

  • Boleyn by Boleyn moderator

    @midnightsun wanted to know what this reddish thing on the head of this duiker is and asked if a tumor or something like it.
    It certainly doesn't look normal. Any ideas?

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  • MimiA by MimiA scientist, moderator

    its really hard to tell ๐Ÿ˜•

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  • Snorticus by Snorticus

    I think what we are seeing here is just the sun shining through the thinner pink tissue of the duiker's ear. We don't often see the animals in full sun in the shady forest and so it looks unusual.

    ACP000efz2 - here is another clip with sun shining through and lighting up the inside pink of a duiker's ear:

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  • Boleyn by Boleyn moderator

    Of course @Snorticus, you must be right! It all depends on how one is looking at it. Thanks a lot for that insight! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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  • Snorticus by Snorticus in response to Boleyn's comment.

    It does look odd & could still be a bump though. Just my opinion that it's a sunlight effect ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • NuriaM by NuriaM scientist, moderator in response to Boleyn's comment.

    Iยดm pretty sure itยดs a sunlight effect. Such a big bulge would be a bit heavy (and painful) and the ear would hang down a bit ๐Ÿ˜• .Besides, the color intensity changes as it walks through light-shadow.

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