the odd Saiga has a withers-height by 80 cm with a weight of 35 kg. This antelope reminds of a sheep in its physique. Is the ramsnasige profile and the trunk-good extension of the nose notably. In the middle, the nose carries a longitudinal-furrow. The organ can be swollen up in the nose-back.
In the summer, the short fur is colored tawny. The fleecy winter-fur is dirty-white. Only the bucks carry horns, that are colored shining through pale. Pre-eyes and strip-glands are well developed, the claw-bales behind widens.
Habitat Saigas live in winter-cold steppes of Eurasia, that are overgrown with wild vermouth (Artemisia), feather-grass (Stipa) and salt-herbs. they love the open landscape and avoid tree and bush-groups.
Way of life Saigas live in stoves, that almost constantly wander. Weather-influences and food-lack can force it into seasonal hikes of several hundred kilometers. On such trains, the herds can unite to gigantic associations. On the hike durchschwimmen it also the rivers lying on its way. If they can avoid the snowfall extended over wide areas no more, a large part of them dies. However, the high increase-installment of the Saigas evens out this loss again fast.
Normally, Saigas move in the amble. At the escape, they fall into a gallop. As an enemy of these antelopes, wolf, steppe-fox (Korsak) and stone-eagles are in consideration. They often were troubled by Dasselfliegen earlier, whose larvae sponge in the back-skin. With the decline of the Saigas, also this nuisance vanished and didn't come back until now.
Reproduction At beginning of the winter, Saigas come into the Brunft. A buck then holds together up to 50 females in a harem. The bucks don't eat anything in this time and don't live off its luxuriant fat-reserve. In strict winters, particularly the emaciated males suffer big losses.
In the heat but the pre-eye-glands a strongly smelling secretion from. The bucks fight together. First, a buck covers the older, then the younger females.
After 140-150 days of Tragzeit, the Saigas place 2 kids in May mostly, it is only one in one quarter of the cases.
One or the young Saigas are set aside for two weeks. Saigamilch has a high fat content. In the age of one week, the boys go already at green-feed. Female Saigas are reproductive-capable already in the age of 8 months.
Continuance Beginning of this century, the Saigas came shortly before the extermination on the basis of intensive Bejagung already once. A hunt-prohibition prevented the total disappearance of the type at the last minute. Today, the continuance generally recovered again that it can be used economically.
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