http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110319-libyan-war-2011?utm_source=SpecialReport&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110319a&utm_content=readmore&elq=1621940155e343128d7d68bfd40afe8a
"The Rhim Gazelle (Gazella leptoceros), also known as the Slender-horned Gazelle or the Sand Gazelle, is a slender-horned gazelle, most adapted to desert life. There are fewer than 2500 in wild."
"The palest of the gazelles, this animal has adapted to desert life in many ways. Their pale coat reflects the sun's rays instead of absorbing them, and their hooves are slightly enlarged to help them walk on the sand, although occasionally they occupy stony regions. The horns on the male are slender and slightly S-shaped, and the horns donned by the female are even thinner and lighter, and they don't curve as drastically."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender-horned_Gazelle
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Happy Sunday Stamps meme!
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The proposed theme for March 20 is anything Irish, or green...
Well, here's the funny, true story of a high school student from Romania who knew "all about ants", and "nothing about anything else", for an upcoming written biology exam.
The subject given at the exam was PACHIDERMS.
Another student whispered to him "that's about elephants!".
Dumbfounded, our student started to wing it:
"The elephant is an animal with, uh, four legs...two ears...and... uh, two eyes.
Ah! The eyes are very good!
With his eyes, the elephant sees...THE ANTS!!!
Now, as far as the ants are concerned...."
And then he spilled ALL his expertise about ants...:)
Here, as a GREEN element for this meme, I'll say that Sahara was once a green place, with luxuriant vegetation, according to some experts.
Now, as far as Sahara is concerned, one of the animal species that lives there is...the one shown above! :)
