On the edge
The Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica) is a true wild goat. There are some 35,000 of them in different mountain ranges throughout the country. Pictured a female in Gredos, where decades of hunting restrictions have made them very tolerant of humans.
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Author: [ Damian Martin ]
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Ibex back-scratch.
Male Ibex, high in the Sierra de Gredos, Ávila
province. The species came close to extinction in 1930 but has now
recovered and there are stable populations in many Spanish 'Sierras'.
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Author: [ Martijn de Jonge ]
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Female Ibex.
Females have smaller horns and live on the slopes of the
Sierra de Gredos (the big-horned males live on the summits).
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Author: [ Martijn de Jonge ]
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