"In North America there is one large animal that belongs almost
entirely to the realm of towering rock and unmelting snow. Pressing
hard against the upper limit of life's possibilities, it exists
higher and steeper throughout the year than any other big beast on
the continent. It is possibly the best and most complete
mountaineer that ever existed on any continent. Oreamnos americanus
is its scientific name. Its common name is mountain goat."
Resourceful, belligerent, and unbelievably sure-footed, the
mountain goat is a white-coated survivor from the Ice Age. Oreamnos
americanus shares its dizzying alpine world with elk, eagles,
bighorn sheep, and grizzlies. This first full-length book on the
mountain goat offers a superbly written portrait of its life,
habits, and environment. Douglas H. Chadwick tracked mountain goat
herds for seven years, and his observations are richly textured and
replete with fascinating and dramatic details. We learn of the
mountain goats' lives from birth to adulthood, their feeding
habits, unique social behavior and courtship rituals, and their
long history. Chadwick also makes clear the troubling and
escalating impact of the modern world on the mountain goat's
wilderness home. This Bison Books edition features a new
introduction by the author.
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