 We call them antelope, but they're not really antelope. A cow and a gazelle are more closely related than our antelope in the antelope of Africa. But they are the speed demons of North America. Look at them go, man, they sure can run! Pronghorn Antelope, the icon of Wyoming's wildlife treasure chest. They are fantastically well adapted for their environment. Big eyes, fostering superhuman sight. Fine, light and super strong leg bones to carry a body at frightful speeds through treacherous terrain. Remarkable coloration providing astounding camouflage during much of the year. And the word for the day, cursorial. That name for the curious former locomotion where the hind legs land well ahead of the prints left by the fronts. And the remarkable amount of flexion in their skeletal structure. I marvel at their adaptations and I often pause to wonder what creature imposed the evolutionary pressure to evolve our pronghorn into an animal who can sprint at 60 miles an hour and do miles at over 30 miles an hour. Truly amazing and a wonder of Wyoming. From the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service, I'm Eric Peterson.