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An Antelope’s Cloven Hooves
HOOVES ARE THE HARDENED TIPS OF the toes found in many a large herbivore. A cloven hoof is one that appears to have been cleaved in two – think of the print left by a cow or deer. The earliest common ancestor of ungulates would have had five toes on
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Email your questions to wildlifemagazine@ourmedia.co.uk CONTINENTS DON’T COME ANY MORE inhospitable than Antarctica, where life must contend with the longest, darkest, coldest winters and a year-round blanket of snow and ice. There are certainly no t