Showing posts with label pronghorn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pronghorn. Show all posts

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