Springbok

=Springbok= By Etienne Checked by: Shuva The largest population of Springbok is found mostly in the Kalahari Park. Their predators consist of lions, cheetah and leopards.

Springbok can run at 80kmh to get away from predators and can jump more than 10 meters high! Springbok eat leaves and grass and don’t need to drink water because the food they eat has enough water in it to survive.

Springbok’s height stands about 75 cm tall and the males can weigh up to 50kg and the females up to 37kg and also look like a small brown and white Gazelle. Springboks inhabit dry areas such as Namibia, Botswana, Angola and the Republic of South Africa and their range includes from south and south-western Africa.

Springbok live in dry barren areas because they have learned to adapt and are found in the Free State and the North West province to Karoo. A Chocolate brown band separates the Brown Upper Parts From its white upper parts. The head is white and has brown stripes that go all the way to the springbok’s mouth and eyes and the Springbok is also used as the National symbol of South Africa.

Springboks actually like jumping up and down like bouncy balls stretching their front legs and rear legs and bending their heads down

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