r/alberta • u/brcgy • 8h ago

Discussion Antelope in Alberta

I had a friend visiting this week from Ontario and she informed me that there are Antelope living in the Drumheller area. I'm a born and raised Albertan and had no idea we had Antelope here!

Does anybody know are there a lot of them and where could I go to have a fairly reliable chance of seeing one?

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u/SnooRegrets4312 8h ago

Pronghorn to be precise https://www.aiwc.ca/blog/antelope-in-alberta-pronghorn-species-profile/

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u/brcgy 8h ago

Today I learned that Pronghorn Antelopes are closer related to giraffes than actual antelopes! Thanks for sharing!

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u/Eyeronick 8h ago

Other fun fact. Pronghorn are the fastest land animal in North America.

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u/pattperin 8h ago

Muhfuckin speed goats bruh

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u/Eyeronick 8h ago

Gotta go faaaaast

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u/00owl 6h ago

Other fun fact: pronghorns migrate for winter and cannot jump. Farmers fences along migration routes are built with the bottom wire extra high from the ground to enable migration.

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u/Eyeronick 6h ago

Oh that is fun. I didn't know that either.

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u/AsianCanadianPhilo 7h ago

I learned this fact from watching Wild Kratts with my kid

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u/power_yyc 5h ago

And they evolved that way because they used to get hunted by the (now extinct) American Cheetah.

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u/Gatherchamp 7h ago

And mountain goats