Kazakhstan s rare antelope makes baby steps toward revival
24 May 2021, 22:49 GMT+10
As the sun beats down on the steppe of northern Kazakhstan, the land looks lifeless. But with a sudden rustle, a delicate golden creature rises from a mound of grass.
For a moment, this newborn antelope calf totters on its cloven hooves. Then it begins to scamper across the flatlands, picking up speed with a flick of its skinny hindlegs.
As the calving season got underway on a mid-May afternoon, the ground was teeming with the offspring of the endangered saiga, a prehistoric-looking antelope with a long, bulbous nose that filters dust in summer and warms the air during freezing winters.
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