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Arabian Oryx Courting (16)
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![Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 35 W: 0 N: 69]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-g.gif) (439) | The Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), the smallest member of Oryx genus, is one of the most desert adapted mammal all over the world.
Arabian Oryx were hunted to extinction in the wild by 1972. Due to an international efforts, began in Phoenix Zoo, Arizona, there are now wild reintroduced herds, in Arabic Peninsula (Saudi Arabia), the Persian Gulf Emirates (Oman, Abu Dhabi), Jordan and Israel. The Origin of the wild population in Israel, is the reproduction groups of Yotvata Hai-Bar (Wildlife Preserve) Nature Reserve, southern Negev Desert.
Here we see a courting behaviour in Yotvata. The male (left) and the same looked female, are moving in circles, while the female head is held slightly lower than the male head. In this case, the female interrupted the ritual and ran away. |
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