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The blue wildebeest was first described in 1823 by English naturalist William John Burchell, [4] who gave it the scientific name Connochaetes taurinus. [5] It shares the genus Connochaetes with the black wildebeest (C. gnou), and is placed in the family Bovidae, ruminant animals with cloven hooves. [5]
Wildebeest is Dutch for 'wild beast', 'wild ox' or 'wild cattle' in Afrikaans (bees 'cattle'), [citation needed] The name was given by Dutch settlers who saw them on their way to the interior of South Africa in about 1700 because they resemble wild ox.
The black wildebeest is typically 170–220 cm (67–87 in) in head-and-body length, and the typical weight is 110–180 kg (240–400 lb). Males stand about 111–121 cm (44–48 in) at the shoulder, while the height of the females is 106–116 cm (42–46 in). The black wildebeest is characterised by its white, long, horse-like tail.
The highest confirmed weight of an adult insect is 71 g (2.5 oz) for a gravid female giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, [2] although it is likely one of the elephant beetles, Megasoma elephas and Megasoma actaeon, or goliath beetles, both of which can commonly exceed 50 g (1.8 oz) and 10 cm (3.9 in), can reach a greater weight.
Adult weight (grams) Incubation (days) Clutches (per year) Clutch size Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 3 13 2.0 2 House sparrow (Passer domesticus) 25 11 4.5 5 Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) 376 20 1.5 4 Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) 2,200 39 1.0 2 Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) 3,150 64 1.0 1
If food is plentiful, they can eat 10 times their own weight per day. [78] While Beroe preys mainly on other ctenophores, other surface-water species prey on zooplankton (planktonic animals) ranging in size from the microscopic, including mollusc and fish larvae, to small adult crustaceans such as copepods , amphipods , and even krill .
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The Battle of Ongulumbashe (also known as Operation Blouwildebees) was an armed confrontation between the South African Defence Force (SADF)/ South African Police (SAP) and the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) at Ongulumbashe in northern South West Africa (today Namibia).