Ann & Steve Toon / Sable (Hippotragus niger), Chobe National Park, Botswana, June

Neil Aldridge / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) bull charging through the shallows of the Selinda Spillway, with another behind, northern Botswana, August.

Pete Oxford / Lioness {Panthera leo} catching a Sable {Hippotragus niger} antelope, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa. Sequence

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) female bringing down Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger), Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Sable (Hippotragus niger) licking salt, Chobe National Park, Botswana, June

Ann & Steve Toon / Sable (Hippotragus niger) licking salt, Chobe National Park, Botswana, June

Richard Du Toit / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) male, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) silhouetted, South Africa.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) walking through the grass. Okavango Delta, Botswana. January

Piotr Naskrecki / White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) group feeding on Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) carcass, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Pete Oxford / Sable (Hippotragus niger) on private game ranch. Great Karoo, South Africa

Will Burrard-Lucas / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger kirkii) male with females, Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia.

Lou Coetzer / Two Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) male and female walking, Chobe River, Botswana, October.

Lou Coetzer / Young Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) bull trotting, Chobe River, Botswana, October.

Lou Coetzer / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) running, Chobe River, Botswana, August.

Lou Coetzer / Solitary Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) bull grazing, Chobe River, Botswana, May.

Pete Oxford / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) pair on game ranch, Great Karoo, South Africa

Juan Carlos Munoz / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) portrait, captive, Cabarceno Park, Cantabria, Spain, June.

Laurent Geslin / Sable antelope herd {Hippotragus niger} Caprivi strip, Namibia

Laurent Geslin / Sable antelope in long grass {Hippotragus niger} Caprivi strip, Namibia.

Tony Heald / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) male drinking, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe October 2012

Sharon Heald / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) female with Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on back, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe October 2012

Christophe Courteau / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) bull showing Flehmen response to female hormones, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Tony Heald / Male Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) feeding, Chobe NP, Botswana

Pete Oxford / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) herd walking, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe

Tony Heald / Male Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) chasing another male antelope, Hwange, Zimbabwe

Richard Du Toit / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) male herd in winter, with birds on backs, Moremi wildlife reserve, Botswana

Pete Oxford / Sable antelopes (Hippotragus niger) Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana

Pete Oxford / Group of Sable antelopes (Hippotragus niger) drinking at water, with an Ostrich (Muricella plectana) pair, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe

Sue Flood / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Theo Allofs / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) walking, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Pete Oxford / Sable (Hippotragus niger) antelopes drinking at a waterhole, Makalolo Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Lioness {Panthera leo} catching a Sable {Hippotragus niger} antelope near waterhole, Makalolo Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa. Sequence

Pete Oxford / Lioness {Panthera leo} catching a Sable {Hippotragus niger} antelope near waterhole, Makalolo Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa. Sequence

Pete Oxford / Sable (Hippotragus niger) antelopes drinking at a waterhole, Makalolo Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Lioness {Panthera leo} catching a Sable {Hippotragus niger} antelope near waterhole, Makalolo Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa. Sequence

Pete Oxford / Sable (Hippotragus niger) antelope, Makalolo Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Lioness (Panthera leo) catching Sable (Hippotragus niger) helped by her sub-adult cubs who are learning to hunt , Makalolo Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa. Sequence

Pete Oxford / Sable (Hippotragus niger) antelope stood at a waterhole, Makalolo Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Lioness (Panthera leo) catching Sable (Hippotragus niger) helped by her sub-adult cubs who are learning to hunt , Makalolo Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa. Sequence

Pete Oxford / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) drinking at waterhole with Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) herd in the background, Africa

Richard Du Toit / Sable antelope male {Hippotragus niger} part of bachelor group, Chobe NP, Botswana

Pete Oxford / Sable antelope {Hippotragus niger} Hwange NP, Zimbabwe

Pete Oxford / Family of Sable antelope {Hippotragus niger} Hwange NP, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Sable {Hippotragus niger} drinking at waterhole with Ostrich behind, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Tony Heald / Sable antelope {Hippotragus niger} male drinking. Namibia.

Tony Heald / Sable antelope {Hippotragus niger} male at drinking hole. Namibia.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Two female Sable antelope {Hippotragus niger} Shimba Hills NP, Kenya

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Male Sable antelope {Hippotragus niger} Shimba Hills NP, Kenya

Pete Oxford / Sable antelope male drinking {Hippotragus niger} Makololo, Zimbabwe

Tony Heald / Sable antelope. Chobe, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Sable Aatelope (Hipp0tragus niger) drinking with Yellow-billed oxpecker on ear. Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana, Southern Africa

Pete Oxford / Sable antelope drinking, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) male running, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) killed by poachers, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) group feeding on Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) carcass, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Richard Du Toit / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) calf, Mokala National Park, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) on game ranch, Great Karoo, South Africa

Laurent Geslin / Sable antelope resting in shade {Hippotragus niger} Caprivi strip, Namibia

ZSSD / Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) trio, native to East Africa, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, California

Tony Heald / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) male, Chobe NP, Botswana

Pete Oxford / Sable antelope {Hippotragus niger} male, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Tony Heald / Male sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) profile, Kruger NP, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Adult Sable antelope{Hippotragus niger} drinking at waterhole, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe

Tony Heald / Sable antelope female {Hippotragus niger} Kruger NP South Africa

Roland Seitre / Giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani) standing in grassland, Sable Ranch, South Africa. Captive.