Scimitar-Horned Oryx Making a Comeback | National Geographic
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- With its long, curved horns, the scimitar-horned oryx is one of the most interesting of the cow relatives. After years of declining numbers, scientists have successfully bred the African animal in captivity, giving hope for the species' long-term survival in the wild.
Read more about the oryx in our "Last of the Last" series:
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EDITOR: Jennifer Murphy
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A National Geographic video about nature? I thought they were going extinct, I'm glad to see they are making a comeback.
I never knew bout this animal I’m glad planet zoo is bringing an awareness to these animals
These animals are beautiful! I love put in the country in Texas and our neighbors have them.
Well, I learned something new today. I didn't even know such a creature even existed and now to find that they were becoming extinct. sheesh. I'm glad that they are making a comeback.
Such amazing creatures!
Their so fucking cute I want one
They are tropical animals and cannot survive cold climates.
Thanks to hunters in Texas these species is coming back.
Since this video will overflow with comments, I just want to say, YOLO. Hope this makes your day, and inspires you to not try dumb things.
what
It's a shame
The real animals these animals are being saved is because of exotic ranches mainly in Texas raising them to be hunted. These animals are raised in the wild on large high fence ranches and then hunted for their meat and for a trophy. This brings in big money which makes ranches want to raise more of them. An average Scimitar hunt cost about $5,000. I hunted them in early November and had scimitar meat loaf last night. The meat is better than beef.
Jon Soldier Yes, this is an unfortunate reality for them. A lot of times vulnerable animals like these can be saved via a business.
It should be illegal to hunt them for sport or food.
These are not the same animal that is "in the wild" on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, as was said by an earlier poster. Those are a different species of Oryx, knows as Gemsbok in their homeland in the southern countries of Africa. Those are not endangered in the slightest and are widely populated across South Africa, Namibia and others. They do get eaten on the White Sands as well, both by predators and by hunters since they heavily overpopulated the carrying capacity of the base.
ah, but they are living "in the wild" on the white sands missile base. It's just not living in their original habitat.
but at least they won't get eaten there.
yolo yolo yolo
It should be illegal to hunt the Scimitar Oryx for sport or food, even in captivity like they do in Texas farms... I'm disappointed that nothing is still being done.