No, not those Italians
September 12, 2016 4:33 AM   Subscribe

When you woke up this morning, I'm confident your first thought was: "What is the most ridiculous antelope?" Well, obviously it's the Dik Dik. Whether they are squeaking, fighting, or just being beautiful weirdos, Dik Diks have few competitors. But what do researchers find strangest about the Dik Dik? Well, it's monogamous. posted by selfnoise (23 comments total) 17 users marked this as a favorite
 
This has to be a Pokémon.
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:20 AM on September 12, 2016 [3 favorites]


I can't believe I read that whole last article without finding a single pun on the order of "can't elope." (In the 14th century sense, of course.)
posted by TreeRooster at 5:23 AM on September 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


Is it wrong of me that I kind of want to see a Dik Dik and a Kodkod in some sort of buddy cop movie?
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:28 AM on September 12, 2016 [4 favorites]


A+ strategy for antelopes massive success

Now that I've seen Dik Dik fighting, I feel like I have a pretty good idea of what it would like for My Little Ponies to fight.
posted by Made of Star Stuff at 5:41 AM on September 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


The dik so nice they named it twice
posted by middleclasstool at 5:48 AM on September 12, 2016 [4 favorites]


Question: Can I hug one
posted by middleclasstool at 5:48 AM on September 12, 2016


How about a video of a baby Saiga Antelope?

In less HappyFun™ news, having just learned of these animals’ existence, I also learned that half its global population was lost last year (due to poaching)…
posted by misteraitch at 5:55 AM on September 12, 2016 [2 favorites]


RIN DIK
posted by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon at 6:18 AM on September 12, 2016


No, not those Italians

All-time worst name for an Italian group, ever. (To add to the misery, they chose the name at random, just for its sufficiently foreign consonants.) Ugh.

posted by progosk at 6:23 AM on September 12, 2016 [2 favorites]


For a better sense of scale.

They had a baby at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago last year but it died.
posted by srboisvert at 6:26 AM on September 12, 2016


This is all wrong. The dik dik is the most adorable antelope.

The gerenuk is the most ridiculous.
posted by notyou at 6:38 AM on September 12, 2016 [2 favorites]


When you woke up this morning, I'm confident your first thought was: "What is the most ridiculous antelope?"

HOW DID YOU KNOW
posted by cooker girl at 7:36 AM on September 12, 2016 [3 favorites]


I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S FINALLY A THREAD ABOUT DIK DIK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvu27EQ1r3s
posted by goatdog at 7:49 AM on September 12, 2016


Watching Dik Diks fight is exactly like watching soccer. It looks like a pointless back-and-forth but somewhere there is a person desperate to explain the subtle strategies that are being played out if you know what to look for.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:16 AM on September 12, 2016 [3 favorites]


Me externally: *strokes beard, puffs pipe* Hmm yes yes this all seems to be in order
Me internally: OMG THE TINY DEER ARE IN LOVE!!!!!
posted by supercrayon at 8:20 AM on September 12, 2016 [4 favorites]


Some people we knew had a DikDik and it was a dick. It harassed their dog relentlessly.
posted by boilermonster at 9:58 AM on September 12, 2016


Girls Love Dik Dik
posted by whimsicalnymph at 10:03 AM on September 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


Dik Diks instead of dick pics! (sfw)
posted by zinful at 12:01 PM on September 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


All-time worst name for an Italian group, ever.

Uhhh, no that definitely goes to Pooh. And they also win worst fashion and worst hairstyles for an Italian group ever. Pretty sure that they trump all.

I don't think their reasoning was that bad. Yes, it was foreign-sounding and onomatopoeic for them but to non-English ears it really sounds waaay less stupid than it is. Also, at least they knew they were naming themselves after an African antelope. I didn't know that's what it was until now. (They are just the cutest and I want one). I think there's worse band names out there. It's still a better group name than Kajagoogoo and they had no excuse, they are English.

Anyways that 'fight' just made my night.
posted by Dimes at 12:03 PM on September 12, 2016


So . . . whoever posted that springbok video apparently thinks that springboks quietly say "alley-oop" to themselves as they jump. Please nobody disillusion him.
posted by ostro at 1:15 PM on September 12, 2016


I'm pretty sure there's a rule that any thread related to dik diks must contain the cutest dik dik pics ever.
posted by picklenickle at 6:00 PM on September 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


Might as well face it, they're a Dik-Dik to love.
posted by The otter lady at 8:17 PM on September 12, 2016 [6 favorites]


Similar to the way the western lowland gorilla is Gorilla gorilla gorilla, I was desperately hoping the antelope's trinomial name would be Dikdik dikdik dikdik. But alas it is not so.

Still, the Dik-dik belongs to the genus Madoqua, so Like a Virgin references are not entirely out of place.
posted by Kabanos at 10:27 AM on September 13, 2016


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