Strange is a springbok. She leaps rather than runs. Her stripes and hues stand her apart from other species, her cousins of the arid plains. Her colours and patterns soothe the artist’s eye, inspire the poet. When on safari, it’s her we most want to see when combing the veld for antelope; we appreciate the others, the mighty kudu with horns fashioned by an artist, the blesbok with that flash of white, the