Damara Dik Dik
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The Damara Dik Dik is the smallest antelope in East Africa. This mature male weighs about 10 lbs. [Serengeti, Tanzania].
Another adult male Damara Dik Dik marking its territory. [Serengeti, Tanzania].
A most interesting characteristic of the Damara Dik Dik is an unusual flexibility of the nose which they can turn in any direction to facilitate feeding. The blackspot beneath the adult male's eye is a gland that secretes an oily substance for marking territory. [Serengeti, Tanzania].
A pair of Damara Dik Diks (female,L; male, R). Note in both, the black scent-marking gland at the lower corner of the eye. [Serengeti, Tanzania].
