WEBVTT 00:02.000 --> 00:03.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHEER CRAGGY CLIFFS STRETCH 00:03.500 --> 00:04.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SKYWARD TO ROCKY PEAKS, 00:04.633 --> 00:06.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% FORMING A HOME CARVED FROM 00:06.367 --> 00:07.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% GRANITE. 00:07.734 --> 00:09.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THIS IS THEIR HABITAT, FOOD, 00:09.266 --> 00:11.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WATER, SHELTER AND SPACE. 00:11.066 --> 00:12.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEW OTHER ANIMALS CAN MOVE 00:12.333 --> 00:13.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% AROUND SO EASILY IN THESE 00:13.533 --> 00:14.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% RUGGED ROCKY PEAKS. 00:14.967 --> 00:16.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S THEIR KEY TO SURVIVAL, 00:16.333 --> 00:18.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE HERE IN THIS DIFFICULT 00:18.333 --> 00:20.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% TERRAIN, THEY CAN AVOID 00:20.066 --> 00:22.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMPETITION FROM OTHER ANIMALS 00:22.166 --> 00:23.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WOULD EAT THE SAME FOODS. 00:23.633 --> 00:26.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THE CLEAR VIEW FROM A 00:26.333 --> 00:28.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOUNTAIN PEAK MAKES IT 00:28.000 --> 00:29.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% DIFFICULT FOR A PREDATOR TO 00:29.100 --> 00:31.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SURPRISE A WILD GOAT. 00:31.633 --> 00:33.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY ALSO BLEND WELL WITH THIS 00:33.700 --> 00:35.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT. 00:35.700 --> 00:37.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM A DISTANCE, THEY APPEAR 00:37.533 --> 00:39.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO BE A LARGE BOULDER OR SNOW 00:39.166 --> 00:41.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% BANK MERGING WITH THEIR 00:41.333 --> 00:44.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SURROUNDINGS, UNTIL THEY MOVE, 00:44.000 --> 00:45.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO SEE. 00:45.633 --> 00:47.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE MALES HORNS ARE MUCH 00:47.000 --> 00:48.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THICKER AT THE BASE AND SWEEP 00:48.533 --> 00:49.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% UP INTO AN ARC. 00:49.700 --> 00:51.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE FEMALES HORNS HAVE LESS 00:51.333 --> 00:52.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% BULK AND HOOK ABOUT THREE 00:52.533 --> 00:53.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% INCHES FROM THE END. 00:53.800 --> 00:55.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% HORN AND HOOF ARE THE MOUNTAIN 00:55.066 --> 00:56.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOATS SECURITY. 00:56.300 --> 00:58.300 position:10% line:85% size:80% FEW ANIMALS HAVE THE DEXTERITY 00:58.300 --> 01:00.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO CLIMB THE SHEER PRECARIOUS 01:00.266 --> 01:02.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% FACE OF A MOUNTAIN. 01:02.433 --> 01:03.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CENTER OF A MOUNTAIN 01:03.867 --> 01:05.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOAT'S HOOF IS VERY SOFT AND 01:05.433 --> 01:06.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPONGY. 01:06.900 --> 01:08.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE PADS CAN GRIP THE 01:08.066 --> 01:09.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% SURFACE OF ROCKS, WORKING 01:09.266 --> 01:10.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMEWHAT LIKE A SUCTION CUP. 01:10.800 --> 01:12.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT MAKES IT LOOK EASY FOR THE 01:12.166 --> 01:13.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOUNTAIN GOAT TO CLIMB NEARLY 01:13.633 --> 01:15.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN A PEAK. 01:15.800 --> 01:16.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE ADAPTATIONS MAKE IT 01:16.967 --> 01:18.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% POSSIBLE FOR MOUNTAIN GOATS TO 01:18.734 --> 01:20.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIVE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. 01:20.433 --> 01:21.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN ADDITION TO KEEPING THE 01:21.800 --> 01:23.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPECIES RELATIVELY SAFE FROM 01:23.433 --> 01:24.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% PREDATORS, IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM 01:24.800 --> 01:26.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY 01:26.000 --> 01:27.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE VERY LITTLE COMPETITION 01:27.333 --> 01:28.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM OTHER LARGE ANIMALS LIKE 01:28.700 --> 01:30.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% ELK AND MOOSE. 01:30.600 --> 01:31.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WILD GOATS DON'T HAVE TO 01:31.800 --> 01:32.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHARE THE LIMITED GRASSES AND 01:32.867 --> 01:34.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHRUBS THAT GROW AT THESE HIGH 01:34.500 --> 01:36.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% ELEVATIONS, AND THIS CAN BE 01:36.333 --> 01:38.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% CRITICAL IN WINTER MONTHS. 01:38.900 --> 01:41.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONCE THE SNOW BLANKETS THE 01:41.166 --> 01:42.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% HIGH COUNTRY, THE DEER AND ELK 01:42.600 --> 01:44.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% TRAVEL TO LOWER ELEVATIONS, 01:44.700 --> 01:46.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT THE MOUNTAIN GOAT STAYS, 01:46.166 --> 01:48.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% SEEKING HABITAT TOO SEVERE FOR 01:48.500 --> 01:50.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE OTHER ANIMALS. 01:50.367 --> 01:51.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WILD GOATS LOOK FOR AREAS 01:51.867 --> 01:53.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT SHED SNOW, THEN FEED ON 01:53.166 --> 01:54.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHATEVER'S AVAILABLE, SHRUBS, 01:54.500 --> 01:56.033 position:10% line:85% size:80% GRASSES, FUR TREES, EVEN 01:56.033 --> 01:58.033 position:10% line:85% size:80% LICHEN, IF NECESSARY. 01:58.033 --> 01:59.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% A HARSH WINTER OR A POOR FOOD 01:59.467 --> 02:01.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUPPLY CAN RESULT IN A HIGH 02:01.433 --> 02:04.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEATH RATE FOR YOUNG ANIMALS. 02:04.800 --> 02:06.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% DURING THIS TIME, GOATS TEND 02:06.266 --> 02:07.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO GATHER IN SMALL GROUPS OF 02:07.533 --> 02:09.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THREE AND FOUR THAT STAY IN 02:09.266 --> 02:10.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% ONE PLACE. 02:10.533 --> 02:11.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT APPEARS THEY SURVIVE IN 02:11.700 --> 02:12.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE HARSH CONDITIONS BY 02:12.800 --> 02:14.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% REMAINING RELATIVELY STILL AND 02:14.100 --> 02:15.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% CONSERVING ENERGY RATHER THAN 02:15.533 --> 02:19.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOOKING EXTENSIVELY FOR FOOD. 02:19.066 --> 02:20.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WORLD OF THE MOUNTAIN GOAT 02:20.367 --> 02:21.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% SEEMS MAGICAL, PERCHED HIGH 02:21.967 --> 02:23.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABOVE THE EARTH ON CRAGGY 02:23.500 --> 02:26.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% CLIFFS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKY 02:26.433 --> 02:28.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOUNTAINS. 02:28.266 --> 02:30.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S A DIFFICULT PLACE TO 02:30.066 --> 02:31.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIVE, BUT FOR THE MOUNTAIN 02:31.633 --> 02:33.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOAT IT HAS EVERYTHING THE 02:33.000 --> 02:34.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANIMAL REQUIRES - FOOD, WATER, 02:34.166 --> 02:35.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHELTER AND SPACE (GOAT 02:35.700 --> 02:38.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% BAYING) . 02:38.500 --> 02:39.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% . 02:39.600 --> 02:40.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% . 02:40.533 --> 02:45.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND ONE INCREDIBLE VIEW.