Dikdik Kirk's Antelope
Do you know who the biggest enemy of these smallest antelope species is, which inhabit the densely vegetated bushes of East and Southwest Africa? It's none other than humans. People don’t like dikdiks because the alarming sounds they make warn other animals of approaching danger. The locals even derived their name from this sound-it sounded like "dik dik" to them. Besides that, their bones are used to make traditional jewelry for various ethnic groups, and their skins are used to produce gloves.
Dikdiks grow to about knee height for a human and weigh no more than six to eight kilograms. Due to their small size, they are easy prey for predators, so they spend most of ...