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Antelope are herbivores, with an odd exception: some duiker species have been known to kill and eat insects, small mammals, and birds. Otherwise, antelope tend to browse on bushes and smaller trees or graze on grass.
- What is special about an antelope?
- How do antelopes behave?
- What do antelopes use their horns for?
- How do antelopes move?
- How would you describe an antelope?
- Is an antelope a predator or prey?
- What do gazelles use their horns for?
- How are antelopes adapted to their habitat?
- How do antelope defend themselves?
- What do antelopes eat Zoo Tycoon?
- How do antelopes use their senses?
- What eats a hyena?
- Why are antelope so fast?
What is special about an antelope?
Description. Antelopes are noted for their beauty, grace, and speed in running. Most are distinguished by upswept, back-curving horns. Their coats of hair are usually golden, reddish tan, or gray, often with white beneath and on the face and rump.
How do antelopes behave?
Behavior. Almost all antelopes are social animals, living in groups called herds. They communicate with each other using a varied array of sounds. For example, dik-diks whistle when alarmed, warning animals of other species of the danger as well.
What do antelopes use their horns for?
The horns of antelopes function as protection from predators and against other antelopes during mating season. Their horns are very bony and made of keratin. Some species have horns that can grow up to 5 feet.
How do antelopes move?
Antelopes have powerful hindquarters and, when startled, run with a peculiar bounding stride that makes them look as though they are bouncing over the terrain like a giant rabbit. Some species of antelope can reach speeds of 60 miles (100 kilometers) per hour, making them among the fastest of land animals.
How would you describe an antelope?
Antelopes are deer-like herbivores that vary enormously in size, depending on the species. They have long legs, a slender neck, and large ears. One of the characteristic features of antelopes are their horns, which have a bone core covered in keratin (the same substance which makes our hair and fingernails).
Is an antelope a predator or prey?
As herbivores, antelope are prey animals, and have evolved some very effective ways to defend themselves from predators.
What do gazelles use their horns for?
Some gazelles compete for females by engaging in courtship displays with their horns. Although both the females and males of most gazelle species possess horns, only the males use them in an attempt to woo members of the opposite sex.
How are antelopes adapted to their habitat?
Lesson Summary
Addax antelopes have adaptations to help them survive in the desert, like splayed hooves to help them walk in the sand and the ability to get all the water they need from the grasses they eat.
How do antelope defend themselves?
Antelopes use horns for fight against other antelopes during mating season and to protect themselves, or the herd, from the predators. ... They live in the large groups called herds. Antelopes have extremely developed senses which help them detect predators while they still have time to escape.
What do antelopes eat Zoo Tycoon?
Diet. The gemsbok is an herbivore that feeds on hay and grass.
How do antelopes use their senses?
Senses: Antelopes rely on their keen senses to avoid predators. ... Their senses of smell and hearing are also acute, giving them the ability to perceive danger while out in the open where predators often prowl after dark. Horns: Both sexes of most antelope species grow horns, though the males' horns are generally larger.
What eats a hyena?
Spotted hyenas usually are killed by lions due to battles over prey. Apart from lions, spotted hyenas are also occasionally shot to death by humans hunting game. Not only are spotted hyenas destroyed for their flesh, but also sometimes for medicinal purposes.
Why are antelope so fast?
The scientist, Dr. John A. Byers of the University of Idaho in Moscow, says the pronghorn runs as fast as it does because it is being chased by ghosts -- the ghosts of predators past. ... ''These were predators that would have been really, really nasty.
