Elands use their horns to break off branches that are too high to grasp with their lips and tongue. The horns of males of both species turn dark as they age. In common elands, the horns of the males are straight with one or two screwlike spirals; horns are usually longer and thinner in females. The horns of giant elands are heavier and more widely divergent than those of the common eland; they stretch up to 123 cm (48 inches) long in bulls.
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