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As young males mature and leave their maternal groups they most often remain solitary, although rarely they join-up with an older male.

Adult males of similar size / age tend to avoid one another.

Occasionally they meet and spar with their horns in a ritualised manner and rarely serious fights will take place.

However, such fights are usually discouraged by visual displays, in which the males bulge their necks, roll their eyes and hold their horns in a vertical position while slowly pacing back and forth in front of the other male.

They seek out females only during mating time.

When they are with a herd of females, males do not coerce them or try to restrict their movements as do some other antelopes.