In Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park a day-old pronghorn fawn snoozes away a June day in 2009. Within a few days, the animal will be able to outrun a human. Adult pronghorns are among the world's fastest land animals, reaching speeds of about 53 miles (86 kilometers) an hour.
Newborns tend to literally lay low--the better to avoid predators--until they get their legs under them, photographer Joe Riis said. Photograph by Joe Riis/Pronghorn Passage
Wow. That's an epic migration if I've ever seen one.
I had a pair of antelope boots I got in Denver maybe 20 years ago. Most comfortable boots I ever owned! I couldn’t jump fences worth a darn in them though, now I know why.
I live in Wyoming and pronghorn are thicker’n flies here.
The only reason why those pronghorn didn’t go over that fence is because they didn’t want to. I’ve seen them take big, graceful leaps over cattle fences - they’re able to do it just fine.
Our goats could have cleared that fence from a standing start, but they were lazy and would have just pushed until the wire broke.
The only thing dumber than an animal is a nature photographer.
But in pronghorn-land, they utilize two separate cattle guards, one about 15 feet from the other. I was told by a local that the reason for that placement was that pronghorn can leap that far.
Thus, the author's attempt to editorialize and create sympathy is a FAIL.
More importantly, though: how do they taste?