Mountain Goats Are Awesome!

I say these are about the neatest critters around. They are leftover from the last Ice Age.
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The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) is the single North American representative of a widespread group of goat-like ungulates. All are characterized by relatively short horns and a fondness for living in rugged terrain. Occupying the remote habitat that it does, little was known about the mountain goat until almost 1900. Mountain goat hides had been obtained by Captain Cook as early as the late 1700s, but he had presumed that the specimens were of white bears, and the species was not described.

The mountain goat's range is restricted to the steep and broken mountain ranges of northwestern North America and extends naturally from Idaho and Washington to Southcentral Alaska. Mountain goat populations are scattered throughout this range and can be found from near sea level to over 10,000 feet, but some seemingly suitable areas are completely devoid of goats. In Alaska, mountain goats occur throughout the southeastern Panhandle and continue north and west along the coastal mountains to Cook Inlet. In Southcentral Alaska they are generally confined to the Chugach and Wrangell mountains, although their range extends into the Talkeetna Mountains nearly to Denali National Park. Mountain goats also have been transplanted to Kodiak and Baranof islands where they have established secure populations, to Chichagof Island where the transplant apparently failed, and most recently to Revillagigedo Island where they are doing well.
for more info:http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/biggame/mtn_goat.php

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[owlydog]

OMG I love your vids

and my grandkids love them so much too

you and your wife are amazeing people

many many smiles your way :-)

I give you5/5 for ALL your vids

[floydstinkyboy]

you the best owly!

[Sputniq94]

Goats <3

[kefer123622]

I like to feed goats paper and other garbage.

[GContelli]

nice vid , cool montage :)

[TheAist]

you're lucky they didnt eat you

[CousinoMacul]

I saw some mountain goats up close and personal about 10 years ago when I rode my bike up to the summit of Mt. Evans in CO.

Another reason that we don't know a whole lot about mountain goats is that they (and most animals with similar habitats) are virtually nonexistent in the fossil record.