119K views · 10K reactions | PLAYTIME: A baby addax was seen jumping around alongside its mom in its enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois recently. The zoo said the calf was born on August 8 and is the third born at the zoo in a little over a year. The zoo added that the species of African antelope is critically endangered, with estimates of possibly less than 100 left in the wild. | CBS Newspath | Facebook

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Imagine being dropped into the Sahara - no water, 120 °F heat, and nothing but sand. You’d last 3 days. The addax antelope? It can survive for years. No tricks. Just evolution. This endangered desert marvel: 🦌 Changes coat color by season to manage heat 🔥 Raises body temp to 106 °F to avoid sweating 💧 Extracts water from dry plants & even dew But here's the tragedy: 👉 Fewer than 100 wild addax remain. Some estimates say just 30–50 left. Read More: bit.ly/4nNgn1d #Addax #Conservation #DesertA

13K views · 911 reactions | You know it's officially summer when our addax boys' coats have gone completely white! Full of energy, we like to occupy Franklin and Marshall with lots of enrichment to spar and push around—even if they do just like to spar with each other sometimes instead! | Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance | Facebook