#white antelope

[vinspixels]

I'm doing a little project over the month of March where I draw an animal with a 4 colour palette each day of the month.

March 22nd is a little addax.

[tiliman2]

157 years ago, White Antelope was shot in front of his home while wearing a Presidential medal of Peace and flying the American flag 🇺🇸

He was murdered on the command of Colonel Chivington, who led the 1st and 3rd Colorado Calvary, during the now infamous Sand Creek Massacre. 250-300 women and children were killed and mutilated during the unprovoked raid on White Antelope’s encampment, in one of the worst mass shootings in US history.

[45h45]

Nothing lives long, only The Earth, and the mountains.

- chief White Antelope

[artistsanimals]

Title: White Antelope Artist: Jacques Laurent Agasse Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 18 x 22 cm Source: ArtUK.org

[nobodyrunsthisblog]

I remember some years ago, it may even have been ten years ago, I came across a website or blog and it talked about a stop-motion (or maybe half stop-motion, half live-action) film about a caveman and a white antelope, and I remember two screenshots of the film, one featuring said antelope and the other featuring said caveman, who had jutting brows and an ape-like face.

Even though I didn't look further into it, for some reason something about it stuck with me. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find that page since, and I swear to God I didn't dream it, and I swear this isn't some kind of Saki Sanobashi type thing either (though it has somewhat become my own personal Saki Sanobashi).

It has stuck with me so much so that I've even thought of trying to make the film myself, even though as I said I remember nothing more than the caveman and the antelope.

[gracefree]

Addax (White Antelope) by goassaf

[wombatwolfweasel-blog]

Awesome Animal! The White Antelope or the Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) can be seen at many zoos, but in their wild home in the Sahara, they are extremely rare. These beautiful creatures are classified as Critically Endangered, and only a few hundred individuals remain in the wild. :(

[ainawgsd]

Addax

The addax (Addax nasomaculatus), also known as the white antelope and the screwhorn antelope, is an antelope that lives in the Sahara desert. It was first described in 1816. As suggested by its alternative name, this pale antelope has long, twisted horns - typically 22 to 33 inches long. It differs from other antelopes by having large, square teeth like cattle, and lacking the typical facial glands. The addax is a critically endangered species, as classified by the IUCN. The addax was once abundant in North Africa, native to Chad, Mauritania and Niger. It is extinct in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Western Sahara. It has been reintroduced in Morocco and Tunisia. Although extremely rare in its native habitat due to unregulated hunting, it is quite common in captivity.

The addax are amply suited to live in the deep desert under extreme conditions. They can survive without free water almost indefinitely, because they get moisture from their food and dew that condenses on plants. Scientists believe the addax has a special lining in its stomach that stores water in pouches to use in times of dehydration. They also produce highly concentrated urine to conserve water. Pale color of the coat reflects radiant heat, and the length and density of the coat helps in thermoregulation. In the day the addax huddle together in shaded areas, and in cool nights rest in sand hollows. These practices help in dissipation of body heat and saving water by cooling the body through evaporation.

The coloring of the addax's coat varies with the season. In the winter, it is greyish-brown with white hindquarters and legs, and long, brown hair on the head, neck, and shoulders. In the summer, the coat turns almost completely white or sandy blonde.Their head is marked with brown or black patches that form an 'X' over their noses. They have scraggly beards and prominent red nostrils. Long, black hairs stick out between their curved and spiralling horns, ending in a short mane on the neck. The addax has a brown hair tuft extending from the base of its horns to between its eyes. A white patch, continuing from the brown hair, extends till the middle of the cheek.

The generic name Addax is thought to be obtained from an Arabic word meaning a wild animal with crooked horns. It is also thought to have originated from a Latin word. The specific name nasomaculatus comes from the Latin words nasus (or the prefix naso-) meaning nose, and maculatus meaning spotted, referring to the spots and facial markings of the antelope. Bedouins use another name for the addax, the Arabic bakr (or bagr) al wahsh, which literally means the cow of the wild, although this name can be used to refer to other ungulates, as well.

In ancient times, the addax occurred from Northern Africa through Arabia and the Levant. Pictures in a tomb, dating back to the 2500 BCE show at least the partial domestication of the addax by the ancient Egyptians. These pictures show addax and some other antelopes tied with ropes to stakes. The number of addax captured by a person were considered an indicator of his high social and economic position in the society. But today excess poaching has resulted in the extinction of this species in Egypt since the 1960s.