Strange Animals #1 The Saiga Antelope 🦌

Welcome to the first series of Strange Animals you never new existed. On today's series, we'd be looking at the Saiga Antelope.

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The saiga antelope is a major player in one of the most spectacular animal migrations. It faces an uncertain future due to hunting and loss of habitat.

A distinctive bulbous nose makes the saiga an unlikely pin-up for the conservation movement. Habitat loss and illegal hunting have dramatically cut population numbers.

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The large humped nose hangs over the mouth of the saiga. The nose is flexible and inflatable so helps it to breathe clean air during dusty summers and warm air during cold winters.

Its coat is sparse and cinnamon coloured during the summers, turning to a very thick white coat during the winters.

Saiga antelope has long, thin legs but is similar in size to a sheep. There are only over 50,000 left in the world today. Sad right!

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Where are the Saiga Antelope?
The Saiga antelopes can be found in Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

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