The Gemsbok is primarily a roughage feeder and is able to digest a diet high in fibre as long as it has access to water. Up to 75 percent of the diet consists of grasses and herbs, the rest being made up of browse and fruit. Acacia pods are readily eaten, as well as various tubers, rhizomes and bulbs that are high in water content. Grasses recorded being eaton include Chloris virgata, Dactyloctenium giganteum and Aristida stipitata.
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