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Shells
Shells
Caenogastropoda
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Date Undated Origin Near Elands Bay Cave Size 29mm x 45mm x 22mm Largest Acquired December 2020 From Origin Price Free
Springbok
“Once the most common of all Southern African antelopes, now limited mainly to a few reserves. They derive their name from their habit of characteristic display-leaping or ‘pronking’ (q.v.). At one time vast herds stampeded through the veld over the Karroo, even into villages, doing great damage. Today they can be shot only under authority. The flesh makes very good eating. Springbok are particularly graceful and both sexes carry small horns. The reddish-brown of the back is separated by a dark line from the pure white of the underparts. Height about 30 inches, to the shoulder” (Rosenthal 1967:530).
