Pocket 'lope
[Teacher voice]
Students, the African DikDik is a ridiculously cute animal. You will not find a a more anerable member of the antelope family, though the tree-standing-and-munching Gerenuk comes close.
DikDiks are dainty little 'Lopes, standing 30 to 40 cm tall, weighing in at only 3 or 5 kg. The perfect pocket antelope size. Purse-size mohawk comb included.
Ramon C.—You win the prize for most anerable antelope evar submitted.
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There is an eyes-to-head ratio, isn't there? Holy cow! Look at those eyes! And that teeny little snout! And those honking great ears!
What big eyelashes you have!
My gods!! Those lashes are bigger than its head!!!! So beautiful!!!
Oh, AuntieM, I was so going to do a First Post Dance just to torque off Teho. But here you are all cozy on the site already with the Ante-Eyes. They are almost Japanese anime in their hugeness!
Is it just me or does the 2nd pic look like someone tweaked his liddle nose & made it all crooked
Heh! It's not nice to torque off Teho...
*thunder and lightning*
Aaaaah! SO CUTE. I seriously envy those eyelashes.
DIKDIK!!!!! SQUEEEE!!!!
WIGGLY NOSICLE!!!!!! SQUEEEEE AGAIN!!!!!!
*needs a sedative*
Teho is asleep now, but I'm sure he'll catch up to me. I think he's a bit omnipotent that way.
With those dark eyes and Mary Quant eyelashes, this dik dik must be channeling Edie Sedgwick:
http://www.audartgallery.com/warhol_women_eyes.htm
Throw in those marvelously detailed ears and the wiggly nose, and it clearly raises the cuteness ante-lope!
Good call, Aubrey! I can also see a Twiggy-ish resemblance as well. This antelope is so retro.
AWWW MAN! my schmoop & I submitted a dik dik photo MONTHS AGO!!!!!!!!!!
Think pic #1's eyes are Anime-huge?
You won't believe the overall effect in THIS pic; looks like anime literally cming to life!
http://rosswarner.com/7878.jpg
AuntieM:
Before you turn in, say this prayer:
"Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray T's temper he does keep
If I get first post before he wakes
I pray my steps he does not trace"
Especially deeleecious to cheetahs, lions, bush tribes (and fantasy-prone kittens who watch Animal Planet) are the anerable DikDiks.
Oh c'mon! DikDik?
*giggles incoherently*
That is just... I mean... c'mon... is that a real name? How do they reproduce if they are all DikDiks? [quickly exits]
A little late on the warning/prayer, Aubrey. The Wrath of Teho knows no time zones. I've been denied Vox service 'cuz I did the First Post Dance over there. (There's probably a real reason, but that's not as logical to me at this hour.)
They are near alien in their full-figured adorability.
they're like regular antelope w/botched nose jobs. kind of creepy, but cute from the eyes up.
ok when these cute squishy nose-ed anime eye-ed antelopes speak it can only be in a whispery lispy kind of voice, like little girls on the first day of pre-school.
And they must munch large pink flowers that are big enough to cover their face except the large and lashy eyes.
Those eyes!
Mini antelope species are seriously cute, especially when you see them running around with normal sized antelopes. Our local zoo has this sort of thing going.
Did you try singlegirlwithacat, AmyH?
The eyes! The eyes!
They're even bigger than mine, and mine are massive, look!
http://myspace-477.vo.llnwd.net/01018/77/49/1018229477_l.jpg
wow, what's the opposite of beady eyes? (the better to see you with). too cute.
wow, what's the opposite of beady eyes? (the better to see you with). too cute.
I posted once when I am reincarnated I want to come back as a dikdik, so I can hear people say "Look at the dikdik".
...I need to poke this, to determine whether it's real or not.
It's just...crazy! Never have I seen anything so anime-inspired in real life since the Japanese Flying Squirrel!
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/02/hold_on_to_your.html
I've seen DikDiks in the wild, and they are indeed tiny! Teeny tiny tiny on spindly legs!
Huge eyes, twitchy nose, goofy varigated ears, multi-layer eyelashes, overall teeny-ness...
GAAH! CUTE OVERLOAD!
Ahh lubb it! So kewt. I want one. Dang! Does Purina make Dik-dik chow?
Dikdiks are the cutest things ever... I went on safari in Kenya, and they are SO tiny and cute, and always in pairs. If their partner dies, they often just kind of waste away and die. Cute AND tragically romantic.
I actually did a squeal so high pitched it was almost inaudible to mine own self. My dogs' ears all stood on end. That little dikdik is the cutest thing I have EVER seen.
Awwwwwww. I just read Ttoby89. That is cute and tragically romantic. *sigh*
Just wow.
And, fegetabotit, Aubrey. Teho can track first-spouters to the ends of da universe.
Hey, Mr. Gerebok is doing YAY!!!
I just want to snorgle his iddy widdle snoot. *squeeeee*
*Heeeee to the squeeeeeee*
Durn it, I was going to correct my Gerebok to gerenuk and I got all brainpoited by Claire's Japanese Flying Squirrel link. Dang it, peeps did you see the little shite sproinging out of the tree into flying flap mode?!?
*going off to work TOTALLY addlepated by the CUTE*
Thanks! :)
I can't believe this is the first dikdik I've ever seen.
*squees in delight*
Dikdiks are also among the few mammals that are monogamous, which makes them even sweeter.
Lessee...enormous eyes: check. Gigundo ears: check. Disney-style eyelashes: check. Prosh short little nose: check. Upturned mouth that makes it look like you're smiling: check. Added bonus: upswept, twisty little mohawk.
Yup, pretty much the cutest little antelope ever.
Oh my, thanks for posting :) I've submitted the entry twice: Sorry if I was being a pest, I think I was totally ignorant of the turnaround times at Cute Overload :(
And the dikdiks are even cuter when you see them move! Their little snouts can snorkel about in all directions! It's like someone glued a bit of tapir to their faces!
Oh my word! How is this possible?? I mean, look at those EYES! Absolutley adorable...
THIS is the ULTIMATE! i need more! i need pictures of herds of them! i need one standing next to a bike that makes it look small! i need a baby dikdik with its momma! AAAAAAAH!!!!!
GAH! I'd LOVE to have those LASHES!!!
*die!*
We had a DikDik at our zoo back in East Texas. It would run back and forth and back and forth all day. I used to beg my parents to let me stay at its exhibit. It was, by far, the most anerable animal there.
oh my WORD!
My miniature dachshund weighs more than a dikdik!!!!!!!!!!!
DikDik Weight: 10 to 12 pounds
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
(looks again)
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Huge eyes, tiny nose, they're anime!
they are called dik-dik b/c that's what their ittle-wittle cries sound like!
AAAAAAAAAH!
AmyH, you're totally right. It's like an anime-lope with those giant eyes. It's redikdikulously cute.
Oh, and Kewpie head!?! How many animals have Kewpie head? Anyway, it can't be very many.
Believe it or not, there is a kangaroo reserve about 40 miles north of Atlanta, and they have a dik dik as well. They let it run right up to you and if it likes you, it will "claim" you by touching your finger with it's little glandular eye pouch thingy. It's much cuter than it sounds.
How awesome a name is that for an animal? It's like the sound the sand creatures make in Spaceballs...dink, dink dink dink! dink dink dink...heee.
And what a noseling! Does it move like a rabbits?