Battle Royale<\/a> match in the WWE. May the best male win…..and hopefully have a spot to return to the following season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week we took a look at the Gazelle\u00a0and since I found them so interesting, I thought we should go back to the antelope family for today’s featured animal. Interestingly enough, we need to head back to Africa in order to catch a glimpse of the fascinating Kob. Yes, that’s right, they are simply known as the Kob, which I am sure has some profound meaning…..but I don’t know what it is. What I do know, is this antelope prefers living in wet areas such as floodplains where they have the luxury of feeding on an abundance of grass. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,795,1444,3117,3116,3118,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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