Cute Mountain Goat in Stuttgart

Free video about Alpine ibex. This free video was created for you by http://epsos.de and can be used for free under the creative commons license with the attribution of epSos.de as the original author of this Alpine ibex video. Thank you for supporting the creative commons movement !! The ibex or wild goat of the Alps ( Capra ibex ) is a bovid the subfamily Caprinae present only in the foothills of the Alps. Sometimes the wild goat is also ascribed to this species Nubia and Asia, but more often consider them separate species under the names Capra nubiana and Capra sibirica. Other relatives are the ibex ( Capra pyrenaica ) of Spain and goat bezoar ( Bezoar ibex ) in the Middle East, which lowers the goat home. The species is diurnal, keeping the bulk of its activity in the first and last hour. The hottest noon usually pass them resting in the shade of the rocks. In search of pastures, ibex prove to have a safe passage on steep and slippery slopes, especially when they freeze in winter. Even jumping nimbly from one cliff to another without problems. They live in mountain elevations between 1600 and 3200 meters above sea level, down in the harshest winter months and reascending in summer. They are born after 170 days of pregnancy and childbirth are normally two rarely. Calves are very precocious, able to run with her ​​mother a few hours and skip a day of birth. Females are already adults at age, while males are the two years. Life expectancy in the wild is 10-14 years. The species is not threatened with extinction at present, although it is protected in several places and whaling regulated so that the population of ibex not suffer too much. The Alpine ibex ( Capra ibex ) is a hoofed animal from the family of Bovidae (Bovidae). Like the other ibex Alpine ibex among the goats ( Capra ). Alpine ibex occurs only in the Alps. The coat color of the Alpine ibex is mainly brownish gray, with some darker spots. The belly is pale or white and on the flanks shows a clear demarcation. Both sexes have horns. The horns of the male pointing backwards and are ringed at the front. The horns are up to 85 inches long, that of females are smaller. Females are smaller than males. An adult male is 130 to 150 centimeters long and 65 to 120 kilograms heavy, a female 105 to 125 centimeters long and 40 to 70 kilograms heavy. The tail is twelve to fifteen inches long and the shoulder height is 65 to 90 centimeters. Alpine ibex is a dayanimal. He eats grass, herbs, moss and lichen in the winter. Alpine Ibex live in separate packs. The goats live with their offspring throughout the year in fixed groups of fifty animals, which rarely depart. Bucks live in more mobile herds, which occurred in the summer and autumn forms. In summer, the males are more often higher in the mountains than the females. In winter, in the rutting season, bucks are more solitary. Older goats live often solitary. The mating season is in December and January. The kids are late April, early born May after a gestation period of 21 to 23 weeks. Usually get a female one young per litter, sometimes two. The mother protects her young by attack enemies with the horns or distract them. Young are weaned six to seven months. The females are three to six years pubescent. Alpine ibex is eighteen years old. Many ibex die by avalanches. Especially males, higher in the mountains life are susceptible. Alpine Ibex live high in the mountains at an altitude between 2,000 and 3,500 meters. They graze mainly on alpine meadows above the tree line. In the spring they stepped below the tree line to graze on the fresh young grasses there. Previously, the alpine ibex came across the Alps, but due to overhunting, the number was reduced to a single herd in the Gran Paradiso National Park in Italy. Hereafter several successful reintroduction campaign began, including in Switzerland. Also succeeded in France through the introduction of the Vanoise National Park and the largest NP in that country, the National Park of the Ecrins. With that the animal is no longer hunted, many ski-mountaineers approaching it to a few meters. This is the case in the early spring around the Col du Lautaret. An old man is already years found here descending south of the col, grazing around the end of March, beginning of April to the first vacant grasslands. This well-known animal is easily photographed at a distance of 5 m. Thank you for supporting the creative commons movement !!