FASCINATING FACTS : ROCK-CLIMBING GOATS

ROCK-CLIMBING GOATS

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The nubian ibex, a desert-dwelling goat, can scale near vertical cliffs.

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The nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) is a desert-dwelling goat that gives birth to young atop tall windswept mesas. The mesa's steep cliff faces offer protection from predators. When the offspring are a few days old they must scale these cliff faces to reach food in the valleys below.

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