
View of members of the herd of Scimitar-Horned Oryx at Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee. The Oryx originally from northern Africa is extinct in the wild. (Bill Ingram / Palm Beach Post)
Consider these exotic-looking deer.
Their calm, their stillness, their awareness — nothing in A scimitar-horned oryx’s demeanor indicates it knows it is among the last of its kind anywhere in the world.
And here’s something else not well known: Although the scimitar-horned oryx are extinct in the wild, they are thriving at Lion Country Safari.
READ ABOUT THIS ANIMAL THAT ONLY EXISTS IN CAPTIVITY
