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Variety is the spice of life.
We recently ran across a four-legged mammal unusually well adapted to the extremely harsh conditions of the desert. Capable of surviving almost indefinitely without drinking, perfectly at ease in regular temperatures of 100 F and hotter, native to the dry savanna of southern Africa, this beast one betters the beastliest conditions imaginable. The oryx antelope , or gemsbok , makes its home in the sere savanna of southern Africa. Like many of the animals sharing the wide-open spaces of this punishing habitat, the oryx is specially adapted to its environment. This increase in body temperature also reduces the loss in body fluids through perspiration.