1. Dik-diks recieved their common name from the noise they produce through their noses similar to “dik-dik.” They create this sound specifically as a warning for other dik-diks as well as larger animals in the area. Typically making this noise while running away from the possible danger in a zig-zag pattern of speeds up to 42 km an hour.
2. Their most common predators are leopards, cheetahs, jackals, and monitor lizards. However, humans are the largest predators to these animals because some hunt dik-diks and use their skin to create gloves. Unfortunately, dik-diks are such small antelopes that each hide can only make one glove.
3. Dik-diks have black tear looking features under their eyes. They produce and mark with their preorbital glandular fluid from the black spots at the corner of their eyes. Dik-diks bury their heads into the grass to spread the sticky fluid around.
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Kirks dik-diks live in areas with very little water so they make the most of every “dew drop” and drink scarcely. Due to this, dik-diks have the driest fecal matter and most concentrated urine of any ungulate.
5. Unlike 97% of the animals on earth, dik-diks live in pairs and stay committed to one mate for life (average of 17.3 years). This can also be referred to as dik-diks being monogamous.
6. 12 million years ago the dik-dik evolved in the Miocene; the fourth epoch of the tertiary
2. Their most common predators are leopards, cheetahs, jackals, and monitor lizards. However, humans are the largest predators to these animals because some hunt dik-diks and use their skin to create gloves. Unfortunately, dik-diks are such small antelopes that each hide can only make one glove.
3. Dik-diks have black tear looking features under their eyes. They produce and mark with their preorbital glandular fluid from the black spots at the corner of their eyes. Dik-diks bury their heads into the grass to spread the sticky fluid around.
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Kirks dik-diks live in areas with very little water so they make the most of every “dew drop” and drink scarcely. Due to this, dik-diks have the driest fecal matter and most concentrated urine of any ungulate.
5. Unlike 97% of the animals on earth, dik-diks live in pairs and stay committed to one mate for life (average of 17.3 years). This can also be referred to as dik-diks being monogamous.
6. 12 million years ago the dik-dik evolved in the Miocene; the fourth epoch of the tertiary