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Ibex


Ibex
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Copyright: Thomas Gantz (gantzt) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 67 W: 0 N: 36] (338)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-05-15
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 10D, Sigma 18-50 DC
Exposure: f/6.7, 1/350 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-10-14 19:27
Viewed: 1446
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Herd of ibex on a crag at Gornergrat, which is where people go up from Zermatt to get a good view of the Matterhorn.

Ibex - CAPRA IBEX


Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria)
Order: Even-toed Mammals (Artiodactyla)
Family: Bovidae.


The Name "Ibex": "Ibex" is from the Latin word for the animal.


Location: Mountains of Europe, central Asia, and north Africa.


Habitat: Terrestrial. Montane pastures, at an altitude of 7500 to 11,500 feet.


Description: The coat is short but not shaggy, and males have a beard at the chin. The ram has long, scimitar-shaped horns with knotty protuberances on the front. The horns may reach 36 inches long! The ewe's horns are thinner and curve slightly backward, reaching a maximum length of 15 inches. The ibex can grow to five feet long, three and a half feet high at the shoulder, and it can weigh 270 pounds, females smaller.


Behavior: The diurnal ibex lives in separate groups, males in one, females and young in another. In the mating season (December and January) there are bitter combats between males for supremacy of the flock.


Reproduction: After a gestation period of 150 to180 days, a single young is born.


Note: The ibex was formerly subjected to intensive hunting because of the medicinal properties attributed to various parts of its body. Its number has diminished in most of the range, but over 3000 now live in the Gran Paradiso National Park, established in the Italian Alps in 1922 for its protection. About 5000 others live in other parts of the Alps as well.

Info from http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/421.htm
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A very nice sighting and capture. I find the rock in the lower right corner a bit distracting, I would probably crop that out. I really like the group you captured though and wish I could see them in person. I will be staying in Saas-Fee Switzerland next month on business, but I don't know if the Ibex is found there. Would be wonderful to see some though! Thanks for sharing your photo!

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-10-15 4:14]
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Hello Thomas!
Wonderful scane.Sharpness,details,colors,lighting and composition are excellent.TFS...:-)

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-10-15 5:34]
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Voilą des photos comme je les aime avec de beaux bouquetins de nos Alpes. Compliments Thomas et merci pour le partage.

Hi Tom,
A beautiful photo and such an informative note! The rock in the corner, although adds to the framing, is distracting from the animals but i still wouldn't have removed it, just cropped a tiny bit. It looks like a stunning area to explore!
Best wishes,

shelly.

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