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"The saiga antelopes noses have evolved not only to warm up cold winter air, but also to filter out dust kicked up from the summer plains. In the 1990s, there were over one million saiga antelopes across the Eurasian Steppe, but only two percent of that population remains today.”
+ caption by Tim Flach (@timflachphotography)
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The giant, wobbly nose of the saiga is an advanced air-conditioning system. During the summer the nose cools down the blood of the antelope allowing it to survive extreme heat. During the freezing winter the nose heats up the air before it enters the lungs, so inhaling doesn’t cool down the animal. Also, the nose works as a dust filter which is important during the migrations over the dry plains of Central Asia where the saigas kick up a lot of dust. Here a female from the Russian steppe. @bbcearth #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #eyecontact #discoverwildlife #animalonplanet #wildlifeplanet #earthfocus #saiga #wildlife #russia #naturegeography #wildplanet
Eye contact with a one-year old male saiga antelope, recognized by the relatively short horns with dark bases. Saigas are extremely shy due to hunting for their horns and meat and will bolt off as soon as they see, hear or smell you, even at a distance of several hundred meters. But since we were sitting in a small hide burrowed in the ground so that only the top half a meter was sticking out, they would approach until they were only about 10-15 meters away. This gave a unique opportunity to take close-ups of the critically endangered saiga in the wild. From the steppe of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. @bbcearth #discoverwildlife #ourplanetdaily #russia #earthfocus #animalonplanet #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #wildlife #saiga #naturegeography
Saiga adult male in soft morning light. The top speed of this nimble antelope of the Central Asian steppe is an impressive 70-80 km/h, no doubt an adaptation to escape its main natural predator, the grey wolf. Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. #saiga #wildlife #russia @bbcearth #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #naturegeography #wildlifeplanet #wildplanet #discoverwildlife
SNOW WHITE / I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this albino saiga calf, merely one week old, arrive with its mother and sibling at the little lake by which we were sitting in a hide. Snow white with a pink nose and somewhat smaller and more insecure-looking than its sibling. This can’t have been filmed many times before in the wild. Here a short video and two photos of this ‘spirit saiga’. Notice how the air is shimmering from the heat. You can’t help but wonder what the survival chances are for such a fragile creature. Quite a moving thing to witness. From the steppe of Southern Russia. #saiga #albino #russia @bbcearth #wildlife #wildgeography #naturegeography #wildlifeplanet #discoverwildlife #earthfocus #animalonplanet #earthtodolist
SAIGA / It has long been a dream of mine to see and photograph the rare, bizarre and absolutely amazing saiga antelope, found only on the arid plains of Central Asia. For years I’ve been researching in vain trying to find a place to get close to it in the wild. This year, sitting in a small photo hide by a little lake on the Russian steppe for a week, I finally had the great pleasure and privilege of meeting this shy creature. This is an adult male. The Critically endangered saiga is hunted for its horns, in particular the adult males that have the longest horns, and until recently mature males were a seldom sight. But in the nature reserve where I photographed it, due to an admirable conservation effort, for the last two years the species has been making a comeback. @bbcearth #wildgeography #ourplanetdaily #naturegeography #wildlife #russia #saiga #wildplanet #wildlifeplanet #earthfocus #earthtodolist #discoverwildlife #animalonplanet
Good news! According to 2019 aerial reports, the number of Saiga antelope increased in Kazakhstan by 55% (from 215,100 individuals in 2018 to 334,000 individuals in 2019). The primary threats to this critically endangered antelope species include poaching and habitat loss, where migrations are hindered to make way for road construction as well as oil and gas exploration.
: @action4ifaw