Floppy-nosed antelope in baby boom, raising hope for endangered species

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Each spring since 2007, scientists have scoured Kazakhstan’s Ustyurt Plateau for baby saiga antelope. Because this population of the critically endangered species is the country’s smallest and most imperiled, the results are usually not encouraging.

In 2018, for instance, scientists found a total of 58 calves living in these southwestern steppes. In 2019, that number dropped to four newborns.

This decline makes the May discovery of 530 saiga calves hunkered down in the knee-high grass a welcome sign of a possible baby boom for an animal hunted nearly to extinction.

Not only is the number of baby saiga a good sign, but the aggregation of adults that birthed them is the largest anyone has seen in this area in almost 10 years, says Albert Salemgareyev, a saiga specialist at the nonprofit Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK).

As research continues, scientists are learning more about the species’ life cycle. “Every year, we find something new,” says Salemgareyev. Recently, he and his colleagues happened upon a herd of about 5,000 saiga in the Ural population to the west.

One thing for certain about saiga “is that it's a survivor,” says Milner-Gulland. “It’s a species that's been knocked down several times, and it keeps bouncing back.”

Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/06/saiga-antelope-baby-boom-endangered-species/

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cute

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Ms. Corona was nature's way of saving themselves from humans... 

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I saw Floppy and I ran 

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Floppy? 

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Oh dear god, that word. 

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What is @Floppy? Can anyone explain? Is there any literature on the subject? 

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KindnessHooker-nosed antelope 

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29 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

Each spring since 2007, scientists have scoured Kazakhstan’s Ustyurt Plateau for baby gaga antelope. Because this population of the critically endangered species is the country’s smallest and most imperiled, the results are usually not encouraging.

 

Accurate... well looks like her nose 

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@Floppy

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Idk, sounds like a scam 

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