Joy about the first offspring among the small antelopes in Schönbrunn

This animal species had already moved into a historical facility in 2014. Shortly before Christmas, a female cub was born, the zoo announced on Thursday. Kirk dik-diks are among the smallest antelopes in Africa. When fully grown, they are just the size of a brown hare. “Anyone that small has a lot of enemies in the wild.

But dik-diks have excellent senses of sight, hearing and smell. They are also well camouflaged in the tall grass thanks to their brown fur. In our zoo, sometimes only the characteristic snout of the young animal can be seen in the hay,” said zoo director Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck.

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