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The Springbok is one of the fastest animals in the world:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBxcTGA-KLQ
In Australia, we call them African kangaroos.
Springboks are cool..I love how they leap
Came here after the Springboks (SA rugby team) won the world cup, to understand why this animal was chosen as its national animal-Now I understand why
hey I know that one, hi Margaret
Deer is the second fastest animal
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Too bad our springboks cant jump like that in a line out
Amazing animals
What accent is that Irish or a type of British accent? I am so confused
Antelopes can out run cheetahs because cheetahs overheat too quick
TIL deer can perspire ….?
Came here from the selfish gene too! – if you jump higher, predators think that you will be stronger and a more a difficult catch. The lower jumpers are more likely to be chosen by the predators.
Ah sweet :O . May I use some recordings of this video for an own video ?
In track and field people call me Gisele :v…..
Is that good? :"v
he said nope
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I enjoyed watching it. 😀
AMAZING
video is a waist of time
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I could not see any action between said springbok and cheetah. It’s a 2/5 from me.
They jump to signal that they're young and healthy and not worth chasing. Check "Signalling theory" on wikipedia
It would have been nice if they'd shown some footage of them fleeing that was not in slow motion.
I have written of my GK project
They kind of look kangaroos when they hop
How fast do springbok run?
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Beautiful animal on the Krugerrand
The spring boks can jump to 5 feet to escape from a cheetah
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