๐ฆ Animal world ๐ Mammals
The gazelle
๐ In short
The gazelle is a slender, graceful antelope with big beautiful eyes and long thin legs. Arab poets have praised its beauty since ancient times. Gazelles live in Africa and Asia, mostly on flat plains and deserts, and some in the mountains.
๐คฉ Did you know?
- There are about 15 kinds of gazelles.
- A gazelle's horns are usually between 25 and 40 centimeters long.
- The dorcas gazelle is less than 60 centimeters tall.
- Gazelles live in herds to protect one another.
๐ Find out more
๐ A skilled runner
The gazelle is very fast, escaping lions and cheetahs by running and zigzagging left and right. Sometimes it springs high on the spot with its legs straight, as if telling the predator: โI'm strong, you won't catch me!โ
๐ Ringed horns
A gazelle has two curved horns with rings on them; in many kinds both males and females have horns, but the male's are bigger and longer.
๐ก It drinks little
A desert gazelle gets most of the water it needs from the plants it eats and the morning dew, so it can live in dry places.
๐ฏ Gazelles of the Arab world
Gazelles living in the Arab world include the pale sand gazelle, the mountain gazelle, and the little dorcas gazelle of the desert.
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๐งฉ Test yourself
1 How does a gazelle escape predators?
2 Where does a desert gazelle get most of its water?
3 There are about ?? kinds of gazelles.
4 Which picture shows โThe gazelleโ?
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