The unusual swollen nose is thought to filter out airborne dust during the dry summer migrations and to enable cold winter air to be warmed before it reaches the lungs.
The saiga can migrate over distances of up to 1,000 kilometres between summer and winter.
There has been a 95% decline in the number of this unusual and fascinating animal– one of the fastest recorded declines for a mammal.
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