At birth a calf weighs about 100 kilograms and they are weaned between six to eight months, but tragically only about half survive, the rest falling prey to lions, hyenas and leopards.
Ṅwana wa hone a tshi kha ḓi bva u bebiwa u lemela 100kg. a a lusiwa lwa minwedzi ya 6 uya kha 8, fhedzi hu khou pfi phesethe ya 52 ndi yone I yoṱhe yo no swikelela u hula lwa u vhibva, ngauri ṱhukhu dzi dzula dzi tshi khou ḽiwa nga dzi ndau, mmbwa ya ḓaka na nngwe.