Quick facts about amazing animals!
The addax mainly eats grasses and leaves of any available shrubs, leguminous herbs and bushes. They are well-adapted to exist in their desert habitat, as they can live without water for long periods of time. Addax form herds of five to 20 members, consisting of both males and females. They are led by the oldest … Read more
Addax are slow moving animals so they are easy targets for hunters in their jeeps armed with modern weaponry. Their habitats are often being destroyed to make more for more farming or residential land. There are also natural factors such as droughts and desertification. (Image credit: Chicago Zoological Society.) The addax is a species of … Read more
The addax inhabits arid regions, semideserts and sandy and stony deserts. It even occurs in extremely arid areas, with less than 100 mm annual rainfall. It also inhabits deserts with tussock grasses ( Stipagrostis species) and succulent thorn scrub Cornulaca. Found across northern Africa in the past, on both the west and east sides of … Read more
The addax are herbivores and their diet consists of desert succulents, leaves, Aristida grasses, herbs, perennials and small bushes (if available). They also feed up on Parnicum grass whereby they will only eat the inner shoots and seeds and disregard the dry, outer leaves. These seeds provide adequate protein in the addax diet. You might … Read more
Although, more than 1600 live in captivity all around the world. Additionally, around 550 live under semi-wild conditions in fenced in areas in Morocco and Tunisia. This is a total of around 2450 Addax left in the entire world. When I was writing we ran into the inquiry “How many addax are left on earth?”. … Read more
The addax mainly eats grasses and leaves of any available shrubs, leguminous herbs and bushes. They are well-adapted to exist in their desert habitat, as they can live without water for long periods of time. Addax form herds of five to 20 members, consisting of both males and females. They are led by the oldest … Read more
Addax are slow moving animals so they are easy targets for hunters in their jeeps armed with modern weaponry. Their habitats are often being destroyed to make more for more farming or residential land. There are also natural factors such as droughts and desertification. According to Newby, J and Wacher, T from the IUCN Red … Read more
Hirola Antelope is a rare antelope that lives in the Hirola Basin of Kenya. The antelopes are endangered, with only 400 of these species left in the world. This animal has been on the IUCN Red List since 1988 and it is estimated that it will become extinct in less than 10 years if nothing … Read more
Saola are presumed to reside in mountain forests during the wet seasons and move down to the lowlands in winter. The species is presumed to have been formerly distributed in wet forests at low elevations, but these areas are now densely populated, degraded, and fragmented. Where are saolas located? The Saola, pronounced sow-la, meaning ‘spindle … Read more
The saola, one of the most critically endangered species in the world and on the IUCN red list, is a very rare and distinct species that was discovered only around a couple of decades before in May 1992, often called the “Asian Unicorn.” We will look into the details of how the saola was discovered,. … Read more