CityNews – On 9th October Chiang Mai Night Safari introduced a new-born couple of rare animals called Gemsboks.
The female Gemsbok was born 24th September 2013 and the male one was born on 27th September 2013.
Now Chiang Mai Night Safari is home to six Gemsboks: three males and three females.
Sarawut Srisakun, the director of Chiang Mai Night Safari, said that the Gemsbok babies were born before the start of winter so the safari was prepared to keep them warm.
Gemsboks originally live in East and South Africa. There are four kinds of Gemsbok including the Scimitar Oryx, East African Oryx, Arabian Oryx and Oryx gazelle.
They have around 75-120 cm long horns. Females have horns too, but smaller. They are around 190 cm. long, 120 cm. tall (from feet to shoulders) and weigh around 150 – 200 kg.
Gemsboks live in a herd like to run in along in lines. They can live in dry and semi-dessert areas. When they are attacked they will jump and sway. They sometimes fight back too and it is said that their sharp long horns can even kill lions. They can mate at the age of one and a half to two years old. The females get pregnant for 8-10 months and give birth to one baby each time.
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