Exempel på springbok

• One of the greatest sporting events that the country has seen for many years—the return of the springbok rugby side—will take place in the next couple of weeks.

• Although born jet black, adult black springboks primarily have two shades of chocolate-brown and a white marking on the face.

• Springbok may accomplish this by selecting flowers, seeds, and leaves of shrubs before dawn, when these foods are most succulent.

• The grasses support grazing animals such as springbok, which in turn attract predators.

• A similar change was envisioned for the national rugby squad's springbok emblem.

• The springbok was chosen as the principal charge in the arms.

• There are three variations in the color of springbok pelage.

• The riverbeds further inland are home to baboons, giraffes, lions, black rhinoceros and springbok.

• Regimental legend has it that one of the sentries noticed that some springbok were behaving erratically, and alerted the officers, who ordered a stand-to.

• Springboks use a behavior known as stotting to confuse predators.

• These springs are lifeline to the springbok and oryx roaming this desolate stretch of coast and also attract a variety of birds.

• Springbok can meet their water needs from the food they eat, and survive without drinking water through dry season, or even over years.

• The team thereafter wore blazers with a springbok on the left breast pocket.

• Other antelope that have been tamed successfully include the gemsbok, the kudu, and the springbok.

• During these migrations the plains and hillsides on every side were thickly covered by one vast mass of springbok, packed like sheep in a fold.