Question 1

True or false: Addax have spiral horns that can grow over two feet long in both males and females.

Accepted Answer

True. True. Both sexes have long, twisted horns averaging 60–90 cm (2–3 feet), with females sometimes having longer, thinner ones.

Question 2

True or false: Addax are nocturnal, doing all their feeding and moving under the cover of night.

Accepted Answer

False. False. Addax are primarily crepuscular (active at dawn and dusk) but may also be active during cooler parts of the day, not strictly nocturnal.

Question 3

True or false: Addax are closely related to domestic goats and can interbreed with them.

Accepted Answer

False. False. Addax are antelopes in the family Bovidae, but they are not closely related to goats and cannot interbreed with them.

Question 4

True or false: The addax's broad, flat hooves help it run fast on hard desert rocks.

Accepted Answer

False. False. Their broad, splayed hooves are actually for walking on soft sand, not for speed on rocks—they are slow runners.

Question 5

True or false: Addax can survive without drinking water for months by getting moisture from dew and plants.

Accepted Answer

True. True. Addax are desert-adapted antelopes; they rarely drink free water, relying on metabolic water from vegetation and morning dew.

Question 6

True or false: The addax is also known as the white antelope because of its pale coat in summer.

Accepted Answer

True. True. Their coat turns nearly white in summer to reflect heat, earning them the nickname 'white antelope' or 'screw-horn antelope.'

Question 7

True or false: Addax are the only antelope species known to migrate over 1,000 miles annually across the Sahara.

Accepted Answer

True. True. Historically, addax undertook massive nomadic migrations across the Sahara following rainfall to find fresh grazing.

Question 8

True or false: There are fewer than 100 wild addax left in their native Saharan habitat today.

Accepted Answer

False. False. The wild population is critically low—estimates suggest fewer than 30–100 mature individuals, making them critically endangered.

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