Pronghorn
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The pronghorn antelope (Antilocarpa americana) is skittish but often seen around the state of Wyoming. My personal favorite encounter was seeing an antelope fawn being born in Grand Teton National Park. This shot is from Casper in the center of the state. Canon 40D, Canon 100-400 IS lens. Interesting background on Pronghorn Migration… “The pronghorn (Antilocarpa americana) that summer in Jackson Hole migrate annually between there and wintering areas in the Green River basin. Documented round trip migration distances from 175 to 330 miles make this the longest known terrestrial animal migration in the 48 contiguous states.” source: USDA Forest Service, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming. “Ancient Pronghorn Path Becomes First U.S. Wildlife Migration Corridor / JACKSON, Wyoming, June 17, 2008 (ENS) – To protect the 150-mile round-trip movement of pronghorn in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, the U.S. Forest Service has established the nation’s first designated wildlife migration corridor – the Path of the Pronghorn. / This seasonal movement of pronghorn antelope, Antilocapra americana, between Grand Teton National Park and the Upper Green River Valley in northwestern Wyoming is the longest remaining migration of any land mammal in the lower 48 states. “This represents a tremendous conservation victory and demonstrates that by working together we can find solutions to preserve our nation’s wildlife heritage,” said Dr. Kim Murray Berger, a biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society who has studied the pronghorn migration since 2003.” Source: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2008/2008-06-17-091.asp
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Some wildlife images of north america I made with Bryce 3d
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Pronghorn – The Pronghorn Antelope, depicts moving with speed and grace, awareness of one’s surroundings and the ability to advance quickly. A fascinating trait of Antelope is that they are quite capable of jumping a barbed wire fence; instead, however, they will approach the fence at a run, drop down to their knees, lower their head and slide underneath the lowest strand. A beautiful and remarkable creature.
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El Antilope – The Antelope, depicts moving with speed and grace, awareness of one’s surroundings and the ability to advance quickly. A fascinating trait of Antelope is that they are quite capable of jumping a barbed wire fence; instead, however, they will approach the fence at a run, drop down to their knees, lower their head and slide underneath the lowest strand. A beautiful and remarkable creature.
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Up and walking within minutes of being born, pronghorn babies are very precocious. This pair had their mom nearby and were just testing out their legs. Canon 40D, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Featured in High Desert Life, June 2009 – thanks so much! / A companion shot to this was published in NANPA’s on-line newsletter July/August 2009, Click Here to View
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3d digital art of Pronghorn antelope grazing in Canyon.
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3d digital art render of four Pronghorn on the run. Made with bryce 3d.
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! The pronghorn is the last survivor of the remarkable family of pronghorns. They have strange shaped horns (pronged, spiraled, with multiple sets) on the forehead and nose. Herds of these graceful animals can be seen in Sasketchewan, Alberta and and in the great plains in the USA. They are the fastest of all North America mammals. and have been clocked at speeds of 86km/h at shorter distances. Once endangered, Canadian and USA populations are now secure, although the species is still absent from much of its original range. Mexican populations still remain endangered. Location: Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi F stop: F/7.1 Exposure: 1/250 sec. Focal length: 75.0 mm Flash: flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode (16) Shutter speed (Tv): 8
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Too young to be scared enough … Northern Steptoe Valley / Eastern Nevada / (2009.MAR.30) RedBubble Album: Wildlife Of The Great Basin / OutStanding In His Field North American Pronghorn Antelope
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A second shot of the pronghorn, they are skittish and very quick…I managed to get a few shots, then they took off…I like this shot for the mountains in the background. Captured in the mountains, west of Walsenburg Colorado **The Pronghorn Antelope, or Prong Buck, the last surviving member of the family, Antilocapridae. Cited as the fastest land animal in the New World, it is 2nd only to the cheetah, which it can outstand its speeds longer than a cheetah. Built for speed, not for jumping, the pronghorn has been seen traveling through fences at very high speeds, to this matter, land owners are now removing the bottom barbed wire on their fences or making the bottom wire, barbless.
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I now believe in the power of bonding… but let me backtrack. I was on a mission to find a great horned owl nest, and never got there because I stopped to watch two antelope does in Grand Teton National Park. Maybe, I thought, just maybe there’s a fawn hiding in the grass. Stopped the car, got the camera out to use as binoculars. And darn if one of the does wasn’t giving birth that very moment…. click click click (long shots, but I could see the calf poking it’s nose and front feet into the world). I let mom get settled and then walked slowly into the sage; she predictably walked off to lure me away from her fawn. But not far. Sure enough, there was a little fawn in the sage, and after a few minutes, it gathered its strength and tried to rise to come toward me. Now I’m thinking, is this baby imprinting on me? Or maybe coming toward me because the tripod legs look like mom’s legs? Whatever the reason, it followed my encouraging tones, eye to eye with me all the while as it tried to crawl, then tentatively tried to get to its feet. Mind you, this is less than half an hour after being born. I was able to lead this little one’s first steps, wavering, teetering, with an occasional face plant, over to its twin who was already dried and settled in some grass nearby. As I backed away and watched from the road side, I saw the mother antelope circle downwind, then approach slowly to reconnect with its babies. Truly the very best way to spend Nature Photography Day being celebrated by NANPA (details at nanpa.org). Canon 40D, 24-105mm lens, tripod.
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Antelope Snake Valley / Southeastern Nevada (2006.SEP.21) RedBubble Album: Wildlife Of The Great Basin * / Sony Cybershot DSC F828
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Antelope Ram Snake Valley, Nevada / (2005) RedBubble Album: Wildlife Of The Great Basn
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Male pronghorn at the National Bison Range with the snow capped Mission Mountain as the backdrop. Mission Valley Montana.
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The Pronghorn Antelope, or Prong Buck, the last surviving member of the family, Antilocapridae. Cited as the fastest land animal in the New World, it is 2nd only to the cheetah, which it can outstand its speeds longer than a cheetah. Built for speed, not for jumping, the pronghorn has been seen traveling through fences at very high speeds, to this matter, land owners are now removing the bottom barbed wire on their fences or making the bottom wire, barbless. Captured in the mountains west of Walsenburg Colorado http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronghorn_antelope
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a pastel painting on pastel paper / image size 12”x10”
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When I saw this I just couldn’t help but think about the old cartoon. Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park.
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THE LIGHT IS CAUSED BY THE SMOKE FROM THE FOREST FIRES.
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Photo taken of a Prong Horn Antelope grazing at Antelope Island, Utah. Adult males are 1.3–1.5 m (4 1/4-5 ft) long from nose to tail and stand 81–104 cm (2 5/8-3 3/8 ft) high at the shoulder, and weigh 40–60 kg (88-132 lb). The females are as long, but average slightly less heavy, 40–50 kg (88-110 lb). The main color of adults is brown or tan, with a white rump and belly and two white stripes on the throat. A short dark mane grows along the neck, and males also sport a black mask and black patches on the sides of the neck. The tail is short, 7.5–17.8 cm (average 13.5 cm) long. The feet have just two hooves, with no dewclaws. The body temperature is 38.0 °C. / Each “horn” of the pronghorn is composed of a slender, laterally flattened blade of bone that grows from the frontal bones of the skull, forming a permanent core. As in the Giraffidae, skin covers the bony cores, but in the pronghorn it develops into a keratinous sheath which is shed and regrown on an annual basis. Unlike the horns of the family Bovidae, the horn sheaths of the pronghorn are branched, each sheath possessing a forward pointing tine (hence the name pronghorn). The horns of males are well developed; in females, they are either small, misshapen, or absent. Males have a prominent pair of horns on the top of the head, which are made up of an outer sheath of hairlike substance that grows around a bony core; the outer sheath is shed annually. Males have a horn sheath about 12.5–43 cm (mean 25 cm) long with a prong. Females have smaller horns, ranging from 2.5–15 cm (average 12 cm), and sometimes barely visible; they are straight and very rarely pronged. Males are further differentiated from females in that males will have a small patch of black hair at the corner of the jawbone. Pronghorns have a distinct, musky odor. Males mark territory with a scent gland located on the sides of the head.They also have very large eyes, with a 320 degree field of vision. Unlike deer, pronghorns possess a gallbladder. It can run exceptionally fast, being built for maximum predator evasion through running, and is generally accepted to be the fastest land mammal in the New World. The top speed is very hard to measure accurately and varies between individuals; it is variously cited as up to 70 km/h, 72 km/h, or 86 km/h. It is often cited as the second-fastest land animal, second only to the cheetah.] It can however sustain high speeds longer than cheetahs. The pronghorn probably[citation needed] evolved its running ability to escape from the recently extinct American cheetah, since its speed greatly exceeds that of extant North American predators. It has a very large heart and lungs, and their hair is hollow. Although built for speed, it is a very poor jumper. Their ranges are often affected by sheep ranchers’ fences. However, they can be seen going under fences, sometimes at high speed. For this reason the Arizona Antelope Foundation and others are in the process of removing the bottom barbed wire from the fences, and/or installing a barbless bottom wire. Gaits used by the pronghorn include the highly distinctive pronk, a leaping gait. Photo taken by Canon IXUS
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Pronghorn antelope buck on the prairie in South Dakota. This guy wasn’t going to back down against a lone photographer and stood his ground while I took the photo. Usually they are a bit shy and take off when they see people. I guess he was being kind to me. Kind of looks like a stuffed animal standing there!
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My wife actually took this image from the car as we were driving through Saskatchewan this fall. In Canada, the Pronghorn Antelope are present in both Alberta and Saskatchewan by what I was reading. / Wikipedia says: / “The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), also pronghorn antelope or prong buck,[2] is a species of ungulate mammal native to interior western North America. It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae.[3]Pronghorns were brought to scientific notice by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which found them in what is now South Dakota, USA. The range extends from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada south through the United States (southwestern Minnesota and central Texas west to northeastern California), to Sonora and San Luis Potosí in northern Mexico, with a small disjunct population in northern Baja California Sur.[3] The subspecies known as the Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) occurs in Arizona and Mexico.[5] Other subspecies include the Mexican Pronghorn (A. a. mexicana) and the critically endangered Baja California Pronghorn (A. a. peninsularis). Bands of pronghorns live in open grasslands, forming small single-sex groups in spring and summer, and gathering into large mixed herds, sometimes up to 1,000 strong, in the fall and winter; they may migrate up to 160 km to avoid deep winter snow.[5]” All to say, a great find to see along the Canadian Trans Canada Highway Canon Xt, 70 to 200mm
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North American Ram Antelope / Snake Valley – Southeastern Nevada (2005) RedBubble Album: Wildlife Of The Great Basin Sony Cybershot DSC F828 / Corel PhotoImpact x3 + JASC PaintShop Pro x7
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