๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ Meet Israel’s native icon: the mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella).
Graceful, lightning-quick & perfectly adapted to the Judean Hills, Galilee and the Golan, this gazelle is widely regarded as Israel’s national animal & a living symbol of the land’s wild heart.
Sadly, it’s Endangered & found mostly only in Israel - threatened by habitat loss, road collisions, poaching & dogs. Every crossing, corridor & protected wadi matters.
Where to spot them: dawn/dusk in open hills & Mediterranean scrub - try Gazelle Valley (Jerusalem), Judean foothills & the Galilee. If you’re lucky, you’ll see the white rump flash & that bold side-stripe as they bound away.
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Credit: Photo by “SuperJew” at #JerusalemBiblicalZoo
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