Animals with striking horns

Markhor The Markhor lives in the mountains of central Asia, adeptly climbing craggy rocks with the grace of North America’s own mountain goat.

Saiga Native to the dusty steppes of Kazakhstan, Russia, and sometimes Uzbekistan during migrations, the saiga is a truly absurd-looking and delightful antelope.

Nubian Ibex The Nubian ibex’s gigantic, backward-curling horns are even more impressive when you consider that the ibex uses them to smash into male competitors.

Bharal Bharal is also known as the Himalayan blue sheep due to a bluish tint to its fur. It does have very good horns. Bharal possesses excellently wide and smooth horns.

Addax Addax is also known as the screwhorn antelope. It has horns, and the horns have swirling teeth like a screw.

Mouflon Mouflon is thought to be the ancestor of our modern, very familiar domestic sheep.

Blackbuck Blackbuck roams and leaps the wilds of India. It has excellent horns and cool reverse-raccoon patterning.

Scimitar-Horned Oryx Scimitar-horned oryx is the buffalo of north Africa. Oryx is extinct in the wild, only existing now in zoos. It’s horns can reach four feet long.

Giant Eland Native to central Africa, the giant eland is the biggest antelope in the world.

Jackson’s Chameleon Jackson’s chameleon is native to the mountains of East Africa. The horns on its head are true live bone horns.

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