I've decided to start doing some posts more regularly... I'm not sure of all of the topics I'll cover, but I've decided to start with the wildlife of Namibia. :) So...here is my very first featured creature...the klipspringer!
Now...some of the creatures I might meet in Namibia may not be be very friendly... So I decided to start with a really, really cute one :)
Klipspringers are a very small type of antelope, standing about 58 centimeters tall (side note... I'm making the switch to the metric system...so dust off your conversion guides and put on your thinking caps!). They, unlike a lot of other antelope, do not live in herds - they live in pairs and mate for life. They're very nimble little guys, they walk on the tips of their hooves and easily hop around mountainous terrain. Actually, their name literally means "rock jumper". Klipspringers are herbivores and they get all of their water intake from succulent plants in the mountains, so they never need to drink water! Pretty cool!
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