Sable Antelope – One Sold for $ 385 000 and Giant Species Rediscovered in Angola.
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Sable Antelope Bull in Kafue, Zambia
The Giant Sable Antelope has been positively sighted for the first time in decades, proving that it is not extinct, while a less threatened species was sold for almost half a million dollars.
The Sable Antelope
The Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an antelope found in the wooded savannah of East and Southern Africa. They stand from 120 to 140 centimetres (4 to 4½ foot) at the shoulder and weighing between 200 and 270 kilograms (440 and 600 pounds). Males are very distinctively black, with white underbelly, cheeks and chin. They have a shaggy mane and ringed horns which arch backward and are up to more than 1½ metres (5 feet). It is a majestic animal mainly as a result of its striking colour and massive horns.
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Sable Antelope – One Sold for $ 385 000 and Giant Species Rediscovered in Angola.
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