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Gemsbok running across a dune in the Kalahari By: Gert Behrens From: Wildlife of the Deserts 1980

Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica)

Saiga don’t only look weird, but are found in the last place you would expect antelope to be- the cold, dry Eurasian steppe. Their large nose helps filter out dust and warm air before it reaches their lungs, and they also develop a warm, grey-brown coat in the wintertime. During the last ice age, saiga antelope were found across the cold northern steppe, from Britain and Mongolia to Alaska. Unfortunately, they are now critically endangered, found only in a few refuges in Kazakhstan and the surrounding countries.

Livingstone's eland Tragelaphus oryx livingstonii

Observed by brdnrd, CC BY-NC

Outta the way! The kings of Metal are charging in! 🤘🏼Meet Steel Stampede, fronted by the legendary Grant Ruffalo. In the world of Rock & Roar, heavy metal music was originated by, and belongs to, animals with horns, and that’s the origin of the “🤘🏼” hand symbol. The last image is a drawing of Grant from all the way back in 2013. Miles will meet these guys in chapter 4!

Sable Antelope by Winifred Austen. From Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. Two. Written by Frank Finn, published in 1909.

Internet Archive

~ Gold bracelet with antelope heads.

Culture: Greek

Date: 2nd century B.C.

Medium: Gold, filigree

Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), male, with cattle egret friend, family Bovidae, India

photograph by Raju Karia

Fell asleep for all of five minutes and dreamed I was a cheese maker in ancient Mesopotamia except I was on strike for some reason and I was feeding all of my cheese to my pet antelope.

🎵 You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen… but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? Hint: it’s not the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica)! 

While this antelope won’t be taking Rudolph’s job anytime soon, the saiga just so happens to have its own special nose. Serving as a built-in humidifier and air filter, its nose helps it survive the dry steppes and deserts of central Asia where it lives. The saiga’s impressive nose filters out dust during dry summers and warms the air it breathes during frigid winters! 

Photo: tcager, CC0 1.0, iNaturalist

animal holes. gouache watercolor paintings from around 2016-17

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Saiga antelope By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

Melanistic, leucistic, and normal springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) [x]

Hinde's bush duiker Sylvicapra grimmia hindei

Observed by joni_overbosch, CC BY-NC

Results from the bovine #paleostream! Megalotragus, Tragoportax, Urmiatherium and Pelorovis oldowayensis.