I could say that I posted this picture because of the important news that an international conservation treaty has been signed to preserve the saiga antelope, which is threatened both by demand from the market for traditional medicine, and by a disease that killed about 12,000 of them in Kazakhstan earlier this year.
But really, it's just an excuse. This blog can't have too many pictures of saiga antelope, don't you think?
Snoutily,
-Wombat (No Relation)
Photo from The Guardian's Week in Wildlife.
Never too many saiga. Rock it, guys!
ReplyDeleteThis animal reminds me of a Star Wars creature.
ReplyDeletestrange looking animule...
ReplyDeleteJimmy Durante!!!
ReplyDeletehahahahaaaa!!!! that's hysterical!! and so right!! jimmy durante!!!! great!!
ReplyDeleteThey remind me of animals that would be on the cover of a sci-fi novel illustrating strange, alien worlds.
ReplyDelete"Snoutily"? Ah, I see... you wrote it with your nose!
ReplyDeleteSaigas are so adorable, their huge dangly noses make me want to eskimo kiss them.
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