The Kgalagadi provides a vast panorama where all sorts of interactions play out across the desert. The most exciting is a hunt of course and it undeniably not a common sight. That makes it all the more exciting. However, there are other interactions some more dynamic than others and those are dominance fights. These are super exciting as well and wonderful to watch. I had the good fortune to watch a pair of oryx battle it out for dominance. We were cruising along casually and saw a large herd of oryx scattered across the veldt. A little further from the main herd were the two combatants. The fight was on and both really went at it. They would spar and step back and spar again and step back. I think each gave the other an opportunity to quit. Energy is at a premium in the desert and nobody wants to waste any, and use what they have wisely. After a 15 minute or so session the loser walked away leaving the other as master of the field.
