About Blesboks
Blesboks are antelopes with reddish-brown bodies and a white blaze, or white stripe down the middle of their long faces. The Afrikaans word bles means blaze, which is how the blesbok got its name. The adults are a little over 3 feet tall, have S-shaped horns, and their tails are white, dark brown, and black on the tip. Baby blesboks, or lambs, are light beige. They like to live in open grassland where water is available. They graze on short grass in the morning and afternoon and rest during the hottest part of the day and at night. Blesboks can run up to 40 mph and usually run in straight lines.
Conservation
Blesboks are native to the south of Africa. They were hunted by people until they almost reached extinction in the late 1800’s, at which point only 2,000 blesboks were left. Now they mostly exist on farms, parks, and nature reserves. They continue to be hunted by people and are considered vulnerable to extinction.
For more information about blesboks and their conservation, you can go to https://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/mammals/ruminantia/damaliscus_pygargus_phillipsi.htm, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Damaliscus_pygargus/, and https://dewetswild.com/tag/blesbok/
For more information about blesboks and their conservation, you can go to https://www.biodiversityexplorer.info/mammals/ruminantia/damaliscus_pygargus_phillipsi.htm, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Damaliscus_pygargus/, and https://dewetswild.com/tag/blesbok/