Addax -- The Screwhorn Antelope

Addax -- the Screwhorn AntelopeThe addax is also known as the screwhorn antelope. Once found from northern Africa headed for Arabia and Israel, today there are fewer than 300 wild addax, found only during small territories of the Sahara Desert. A favorite of hunters in the twentieth century their population has dwindled on the way to such lows that they are now considered a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List. Both the male and female addax have spiraled horns that can reach

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