Saturday, July 18, 2009

Baby antelope at the Queens Zoo

From 1010WINS:

These babies are "built for speed.''

That's what the director of the Queens Zoo says about its new pronghorn antelope fawns.

The pronghorn is the world's second-fastest land animal. The adults are comfortable running 60 mph. Only the cheetah is faster.

Dr. Scott Silver says the three "incredibly cute'' fawns -- the smallest one just 8 pounds -- were born recently to zoo moms Dana and Niki. They were introduced to the public on Thursday.


Photo by RovingMagpie on Flickr

2 comments:

Americas Best Zoos author said...

This is great! Honestly, very few zoos have these beautiful and interesting antelope, so it's a treat to see them in any zoo, including Queens. I've seen them a few times in the wild out West. Once, in Colorado, they were running in a herd next to my car -- and keeping up with me as I went 55-60 mph. So graceful!

Allen Nyhuis, Coauthor: America's Best Zoos

Anonymous said...

Can they run fast enough to escape the greedy, grasping, hands of City Hall?