Possible Clues:

• Trained a lone pet for one of the Springboks
• Horned animal
• Gazelle or impala
• One of the Springboks has unnatural pale tone
• Savanna springer
• Impala or kudu
• Would the insect run away with this for one buck?
• Bet a long striding gait is natural to it
• It's worth one buck for the insect to make off with her
• "...where the deer and the ___ play"