#dik-dik
Pause your scroll for a baby dik-dik, San Diego Zoo
Aluna the Kirk’s Dik-Dik Antelope
Aluna is a newborn Kirk’s Dik-dik antelope at the Chester Zoo, and is just a few centimeters tall. The zoo’s curator takes care of and bottle-feeds Aluna at home and at the office, because she failed to bond with her mother. Aluna’s name means “come here” in Swahili; she was given that name because she runs around so much. Dik-diks are native to Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia. They reach a maximum size of just 40 cm tall and are one of the smallest antelope species in the world.
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Five Best African Wildlife Cams Snapshots of the Week
Check out the five best African River Wildlife Live Cam snapshots from our viewers this week! We have beautiful vistas, elephants, long-neck giraffes - - no unicorns this time, but a rare leopard sighting!
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Bovidae (Antelopes, Cattle, and Goat-Antelopes)
*not every single recognized species and subspecies is represented because some i could find zero information on, let alone pictures.
*common names are taken from the IUCN red list if applicable and iNaturalist (and very rarely wikipedia)
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Dik-diks the bushes (2016)
acrylic paint and crayons on paper
297 x 420 mm
Dik diks are adorable little antelopes that live in Africa. They have little snouts like a tapir. Their huge eyes really intrigued me and I wanted to draw my hand at drawing them.
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Dik-diks the bushes (2016)
acrylic paint and crayons on paper
297 x 420 mm
Dik diks are adorable little antelopes that live in Africa. They have little snouts like a tapir. Their huge eyes really intrigued me and I wanted to draw my hand at drawing them.
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Wildlife Art
“A Walk in the Woods” – Stephen Lyman
The bulk and majesty of a solitary bull (male) moose moves…
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Dik-dik
The dik-dik is a dwarf antelope that lives in eastern and southern parts of Africa. Fully grown, they can reach 12-16 inches tall at shoulder and can weigh 7 to 15 pounds(3 to 6 kg.).
Dik-diks are herbivores, eating shoots, fruits, berries, and foilage. Their main water source comes from their food. Dik-diks mark their territory with a sticky secretion that comes out of the black dot under their eye.
Although, most antelopes live in herds, The dik-diks live in pairs and will live in these pairs for life. In these pairs, they will mark 12 acres as their own land. They will live only 3-4 years and 10 years in captivity.
Predators to the dik-dik are small carnivores. An interesting habit of the dik-dik is, instead of fleeing from the predator, they will hide in shrubs using their well-developed sight, smell, and hearing.
Although the dik-dik is least threatened, they are still hunted by humans for their hide which is used to make gloves and their bones which are used to make traditional jewelry. To see what you can do to help the dik-dik and other African animals, visit here.
Photo by: Esin Üstün via Flickr
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