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One Cute Antelope, the Dik-Dik

  • 16 November, 2018
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The dik-dik is a small species of antelope that lives in the bushlands of eastern and southern Africa. They are beneficial to other animals in a couple ways. First, they serve as prey animals for larger predators like leopards, caracals,

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