A local mountain goat

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:19 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: (I got this in an email today)

Check out the Photo of this Mountain Goat taken a week ago on Ben Lomond Peak by Gary Knighton (works in maintenance here at Hill).

For an animal with hooves, they have fantastic dexterity.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:23 pm

woppy71 wrote: For an animal with hooves, they have fantastic dexterity.

and where was the photographer standing?

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:27 pm

Bryn Mawr wrote: and where was the photographer standing?

Good point!! :wah:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:53 pm

Oh, that is a cool pic! They are such great climbers!

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:03 pm

Wow! That goat's incredible. And the mountain terrain combined with the town below is really cool.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:17 pm

OK--not to bore anyone....but....they have oily pads behind their hooves which act like SUCTION CUPS and help them bound around on rocks and slopes and things!

Very, very cool! Thanks for that photo!

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:20 am

Great picture but it makes me feel dizzy looking at the background.

GhostDog · Post by **GhostDog** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:53 pm

A most-excellent pic, fer shure. I live in the same area that this pic taken in, and after I saw it, I had to go and take a few pix of my own of the Mountain Goats up on Willard and Ben Lomond peaks. Here's one cool shot...........

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