Antelope is a collective name for a class of artiodactyl bovids, including animals such as antelope and duiker in a broad sense. Many animals called antelope are far from people's impressions.
Some experts pointed out that there are 86 species of antelope, belonging to 11 families and 32 genera. For taxonomy, there is no specific family or genus of antelopes. Antelopes are characterized by hollow and strong horns, which are different from ruminants such as cattle and sheep.
In a broad sense, it is believed that the antelope is mainly distributed in Africa, and the duiker is distributed in Africa and Asia. The Arabian Peninsula is home to the Arabian Oryx and Fawn Gazelle. India is home to the Indian oryx, Indian gazelle and Indian blackbuck. Russia and Southeast Asia are home to four-horned antelope, Tibetan antelope and high-nosed antelope. In a narrow sense, the distribution of antelopes caused by man-made reasons, various antelope species are imported by countries around the world, especially the United States imported antelopes for hunting. Some species of antelope use their amazing jumping ability and evasion ability to escape successfully and breed antelope populations.
Antelopes in nature also have many natural enemies. Cheetahs, lions and hyenas are all dangerous species. However, everyone knows that antelopes run very fast. Springbok is a natural athlete, good at running and jumping, with a speed of 94 kilometers per hour. It is the second only species of pronghorn and cheetah. Can jump 10 meters. They use this method to deal with their number one predator, the cheetah, by jumping to evade the cheetah's attack or disrupt its sight. Cheetahs, leopards, African wild dogs, falcons and jackals have almost all been caught in their "eyes". In addition, antelopes have very sensitive hearing, and their alertness is also very high. Moreover, antelope is a group animal, which is conducive to individual survival.
A photographer once captured a scene where a cheetah failed to hunt an antelope. When a group of antelopes were grazing, they were attacked by a cheetah. One of the fallen antelope escaped from the cheetah's sharp claws and ran for more than ten minutes before the cheetah was allowed to escape. Had to give up hunting. When the cheetah attacked the antelope herd, all the antelopes in the antelope herd immediately began to run wildly, and one of the antelopes was almost knocked down by the cheetah, but because the antelope was too fast, the cheetah did not have enough strength to completely control the antelope, and the antelope escaped in a thrilling manner. Just follow behind.
In the end, the cheetah sneaked into the antelope group and turned into a hunting and hunting battle. The cheetah was the fastest, but the cheetah was not resistant to running, and the antelope was not slow. The antelope could escape at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour. After more than ten minutes, the antelope was still running wildly, and the cheetah had to give up. From this point of view, both speed and group activities provide a greater possibility for the survival of antelopes.
