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Something prehistoric stirs when a Nilgai rises from the tall grass — a steep-shouldered bull with a steel-blue coat, standing taller than a man, staring back with an almost unsettling calm. Ranthambore's open scrubland is its kingdom, where it glides through acacia thickets with improbable speed despite its bulk. Females move in tawny-coated family herds while solitary bulls watch from the distance like old gods of the savanna. What we like about Nilgai is how they defy every expectation — horse-sized yet skittish, bovine yet elegant, common yet strangely mysterious. Karmaventura reveals the wilderness others drive straight past.
India's largest antelope — up to 300 kg
Called "blue bull" despite being an antelope
Can leap fences over 2 metres high
Survives without drinking for days
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