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Falcon<br />
6.3%<br />
Cheetah<br />
1.5%<br />
Camel<br />
1.1%<br />
Birds<br />
1.5%<br />
Baboon<br />
1.5%<br />
Other<br />
9.9%<br />
"Other" includes:<br />
All/Nothing<br />
Carnivores<br />
Cats<br />
Dhub<br />
Elephant<br />
Fox<br />
Goats/Sheep<br />
Hyena<br />
Hyrax<br />
Jerboa<br />
Wolf<br />
Favourite Animal<br />
Gazelle<br />
34.0%<br />
Snakes<br />
2.6%<br />
63.5%<br />
Ostrich<br />
2.9%<br />
Visibility<br />
Visible in wild<br />
Oryx<br />
8.9%<br />
Cryptic<br />
Lion<br />
4.1%<br />
Monkeys<br />
1.1%<br />
Exotic<br />
14.2%<br />
Attitudes to selected species indicated three things (Table xx):<br />
36.5%<br />
Hare<br />
6.3%<br />
Horses<br />
2.9%<br />
Houbara<br />
1.9%<br />
Leopard<br />
13.4%<br />
Animal Origin<br />
N = 268 replies<br />
• carnivores, even the diminutive desert foxes, are generally considered dangerous;<br />
• gazelle, oryx and houbara, all high-profile quarry species <strong>for</strong> traditional hunting, were<br />
considered beautiful by most students, possible a reflection of the appearance of<br />
these three species in traditional poetry;<br />
• quarry species, particularly jerboa and hare, received relatively high ratings as being<br />
tasty.<br />
Table: Student attitudes to selected native species in Saudi Arabia; attitude<br />
categories are listed left to right in order of decreasing perceived threat,<br />
Native<br />
85.8%<br />
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