Desert

Sahara

The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert, covering nearly one-third of the African continent with an arid landscape of shifting sand dunes, rocky plateaus, and gravel plains.

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Gemsbok

The gemsbok is a large, desert-adapted antelope native to Southern Africa, renowned for its striking black-and-white facial markings and long, spear-like horns.

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Oljato-Monument Valley, United States

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Horned rattlesnake

The horned rattlesnake, with its specialized heat-sensing pits, can detect warm-blooded prey in the dark, making it an effective nocturnal hunter.