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  • 7/6/2023

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00:47 - Oryx is a genus consisting of four large antelope species
00:56 called Oryxes.
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01:00 Their fur is pale with contrasting dark markings
01:13 in the face and on the legs,
01:15 and their long horns are almost straight.
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01:20 More species of antelope are native to Africa
01:31 than to any other continent, almost exclusively in savannas.
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01:43 Like many other herbivores,
01:45 antelope rely on keen senses to avoid predators.
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01:52 Their eyes are placed on the sides of their heads,
02:05 giving them a broad radius of vision
02:07 with minimal binocular vision.
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02:14 Their horizontally elongated pupils
02:21 also help in this respect.
02:23 Acute senses of smell and hearing
02:25 give antelope the ability to perceive danger at night.
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02:40 Antelope pursue a number of defense strategies,
02:43 often dictated by their morphology.
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02:48 Open grassland species have nowhere to hide from predators,
02:59 so they tend to be fast runners.
03:01 They are agile and have good endurance.
03:07 These are advantages when pursued by lion,
03:09 which are the fast but tire quickly.
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03:14 Reaction distances vary with predator species and behavior.
03:36 For example, gazelles may not flee from a lion
03:40 until it is closer than 200 meters.
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03:45 If escape is not an option,
04:01 antelope are capable of fighting back.
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04:07 Oryxes in particular have been known to stand sideways
04:13 like many unrelated bovids to appear larger than they are
04:17 and may charge at a predator as a last resort.
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04:22 Hyena is a fast fighter with strong agility.
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04:35 Hyenas can quickly crack the bone of their prey
04:42 with a single bite.
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04:45 Antelope is one of hyenas favorite foods.
04:56 Because of its medium size,
04:59 so it is not too difficult to hunt,
05:01 but also enough to be shared with the clan.
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05:06 Hyenas will try to target antelope cubs
05:17 who are still small and weak.
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05:22 The mother antelope will try to protect her young
05:25 and attack the hyena.
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06:21 But hyenas that are very fast
06:23 are very difficult to deal with.
06:25 In the end, hyena managed to get the antelope's baby.
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06:33 Hungry hyenas can even attack adult antelopes.
06:44 Their teamwork is very scary for the prey.
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07:18 A hungry hyena can attack anything.
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07:38 They sometimes attack rhino calves.
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07:46 Rhinos are very hard to beat,
07:59 but these hyenas don't want to give up.
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08:13 They bit the rhino's body parts slowly,
08:16 like this rhino's stump tail.
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08:21 The mother rhino will continue to protect her young.
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08:33 They try to attack the hyenas every now and then.
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08:43 However, hyenas much smaller size and agile
08:48 make it very difficult for rhinos to attack and repel them.
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