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Springbok Quiz

An antelope that can live without drinking and leaps 10 feet straight up. How much do you know about the springbok?

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  1. About how fast can a springbok run in bursts?

    It can also cut and twist at high speed.

  2. How can springbok survive the dry season without drinking?

    They graze before dawn, when plants are most succulent.

  3. Why do springbok face away from the sun?

    Blood vessels in the head also cool blood before it reaches the brain.

  4. What is pronking?

    The word comes from the Afrikaans for "to show off."

  5. What is the best-supported explanation for pronking?

    Predators do appear to target non-pronking animals.

  6. Which predator is the springbok's main hunter?

    Lions, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs and caracals also take springbok.

  7. What were the great springbok migrations called?

    In 1896, witnesses estimated half a million in a single view.

  8. When did the last great springbok trek pass through the Northern Cape?

    Barbed wire, farming and hunting broke the herds.

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