MOUNTAIN GOATS - These Creatures Don’t Care About The Laws Of Physics Despite Their Hooves

Today we will talk about climbing, but not in the way you imagine it. Let's talk about the climbing that goats do. Yes, you heard it right. Today we’ll take a closer look at Alpine ibex, which are the true natural climbers. Their innate skills allow them to tread where few others would dare.
#Animal_World#

[@ianworley8169]

Even ordinary goats are incredible climbers. We won a baby goat in a lottery in a bar in Spain. We had no idea what the prize was and just had a go, more or less out of politeness. We were expected to eat her, but raised her from a kid and kept her instead. She followed us everywhere we went. Where we went, she went. We'd often go to swim in a river gorge waterfall. Whilst we swam, read and lazed, she would climb the sheer cliffs, never letting us out of her sight. She'd spend hours exploring tiny rocky ledges, to heights of hundreds of metres. As soon as we were ready to go, we'd call her name. She'd jump from the top to the bottom in seconds in only 3 or 4 bounds. Goats are incredible animals. Her name was Milly The Kid.

[@jasonthurston799]

I had a goat that wouldn't even climb on top of a 3-foot pallet of landscape blocks.

[@pokefriend13]

What a great story. Thank you for sharing 🤠

[@rexmoore1423]

You won a goat at a bar in Spain ?!? That sounds awesome

[@ianworley8169]

@@rexmoore1423 Just a random bar, 6km over the border. We thought it was a Christmas raffle. Paid our one euro, had a beer and left. A week later a guy knocked on our door to tell us we'd won a goat. Life can take strange turns sometimes. We kept her for a couple of years, but she'd get distressed whenever we went out of sight. We gave her to a local small-holder to add to his small herd, on condition she could be bred, but never be slaughtered. Milly lived a long and happy life. We visited her and her babies often.

[@MaryHernandezclaw]

That’s adorable

[@jessmend1239]

They are the GOAT of mountain climbing.

[@viharsarok]

Was gonna comment the exact same thing.

[@kiezersosay49]

💩

[@justsayin7865]

Yes

[@drtenma3744]

Lol! The pun game is strong with this one.

[@kyleswanson9572]

Literally!! 😂😄

[@maxm17]

We used to have goats that would get into the garden if people left the gate open. We put up a note saying to close the gate and the goats ate the note! Later they learned to climb on each others backs to get over the gate. Very resourceful animals.

[@Lambano]

Kliklikli

[@4tuneagent]

No fear of heights.. natural instinctive sense of balance, and their bodies, legs and hooves are built for traversing the most steep and treacherous terrain.. truly amazing!..

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*Esau Edom = the end of Earth + all life on Earth, therefore Esau Edom & his Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasian descendants are eternally finished as it is written down in the Hebrew Yisraelite scriptures.*

[@loveLightshineministry]

What a God!

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

@@williammunny9916 *Romans* 9:13 *As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Smart people know the descendants of Esau Edom are the Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasians & the Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasians created jesus christ, christianity, jewish, judaism, etc*

[@dadcelo]

@@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite Stop spamming this crap

[@Farsightful]

i read that in 10 secondes he needs 10 minutes to tell the same thing.

[@kylegage87]

Interesting video w/some nice footage but a few clarifications: Alpine ibex live in Europe (Alps etc. as stated), mountain goats live in western North America. Animal shown at 6:29 & 8:00 is a chamois, which also live in the Alps and other European ranges. Animal at 7:07 is a snow leopard (which live in several Asian countries with different species of ibex) not a cougar (or mountain lion which live in NA & SA). Animal at 7:10 is a Bald eagle (photoshopped into image) which live in NA & don't hunt mountain goats (though it's possible they may feed on the carrion of a dead one if they happened upon it). Golden eagles (different species w/a range in NA, parts of Europe & Asia) may occasionally prey on young goats however (Golden eagle shown at 7:08).

[@donjuan150]

Yes this video jumped all over the place. So many people mistake Big Horn Sheep for mountain Goats also!

[@Ahjile]

Love these corrections. What a terrible, terrible video and a terrible channel. Lazy and incompetent. Awesome subject choice, atrocious execution. I give them no credit for the subject choice, and the footage is just blatantly stealing content from others.

[@afrankel]

Cougars don't prey on the Alpine Ibex for the simple reason that cougars live in the Americas while the alpine ibex live in Europe.

[@Macumber773]

lol, this video was a mess

[@franc9111]

Yes I was wondering about that as well. First of all in the French Alps what you call ibex we call bouquetins. There's a sub-species in the Pyrenees that we call ibex, and over there in some areas they could encounter bears and on the Spanish side of the border there are also wolf packs. The Parc National du Mercantour have over the years carried out a programme of introduction of bouquetins from the other national park on the Italian side of the border. This was originally a hunting ground for the Dukes of Savoy who later became the Kings of Italy. Towards the end of the 19th century, as the numbers of bouquetins were diminishing, the King of Italy decided to create a national park to conserve the species. They were easy to shoot and kill as they're so visible and even today when you're out hiking, you can get quite close to them. In the Mercantour, they've also tried introducing mouflons from Corsica, but it hasn't been very successful. Chamois (which I understood to be related to antelopes) are quite plentiful but they are much more difficult to approach. We also have quite a large number of wolves that have come in from Italy, though unfortunately they are more interested in attacking sheep rather than wild prey. Last but not least there has been another introduction programme of vultures near the village of Rougon above les Gorges du Verdon, who often come across to the Parc du Mercantour to search for carcasses, they don't attack living animals.

[@susancalow3042]

Their horns are one of a kind--they give the ibex a very impressive look. I have a new respect for this animal after watching this video. Thanks for showing!

[@kencornia3333]

Watching these amazing creatures scale vertical walls, leaping from one precariously awkward position to another without hesitation, never gets old!

[@davidriley8590]

I'm getting old.

[@ЯворГанев-е1в]

@@davidriley8590 Wrong. You are not getting old. Your body become rusty from the oxygen you breath.😁

[@andrewalanrobertson]

We must be living in a simulation

[@emanueletorregrossa4218]

Or Or…. I see what you did there!! 😂😂😂😂😂 that always a scripted response I can’t stand!!

[@avenpace]

@@davidriley8590 yeah.. and it starts earily, peak performance at 33-34? pff, should be 50, or 40 something at least, that suuuuucks

[@Cacophony314]

I remember seeing a few goats on an extremely steep mountain side on my holidays and remember panicking as I was so inclined to get help as I thought they were stuck... boy did I get schooled that day, no *kidding* 🐐 .

[@louisegogel7973]

lol, nice pun

[@exia7777]

I see what ya did there

[@BeyondPC]

I was attacked by a goat at Juniper Pass, CO while rockhounding. I had seen him in the distance earlier. I reached between some stones and pulled out the most amazing calcite parallelogram and looked up to see the goat was only 10 yards away. I talked to him, asked him how his day was going... he kept walking closer. Behind me was a sheer cliff and to my side the path I had followed to the cliff. He circled around gaining a height advantage and come within 8 feet of me. I first thought t would be fine then he lowered his head and scratched the ground with his hoof. He started at me and I ran like the wind thinking he was behind me the whole time. I never went rockhounding without a metal tipped pig-sticker again. ^*

[@danielschechter8130]

I often saw mountain goats when I used to go hiking in the Selkirk mountains of British Columbia. Sometimes they'd follow us for hours, or amble along just ahead of us. And sometimes we'd see them on rock faces so steep and so smooth that if I hadn't seen it myself I would not have believed they could climb there. On rare occasion they would come right up to us. They are beautiful animals.

[@willong1000]

Be cautious around those that do not exhibit normal fear of humans. When they become habituated to visitors, and seek the salt content of areas where backpackers urinate, Rocky Mountain Goats (Oreamnos americanus) can become aggressive--a visitor to Hurricane Ridge near Port Angeles, WA, was gored to death by one.

[@danielschechter8130]

@@willong1000 That's good advice. These particular goats (at an upscale hiking lodge I used to go to every summer) have never shown aggression in the 30-odd years the lodge has been in operation. And the owners and guides know them very well.

[@noodlefire64]

They’re waiting for you to fall so they can eat you!

[@rodolfobaliga7577]

@@noodlefire64 hahaha how come, all the time they are eating grass.

[@bonifidetruthsayer]

@@rodolfobaliga7577 On point

[@michaelwilson5851]

I don’t know what species we have In Arizona but I’ve seen them climbing across the Hoover Dam. Impressive.

[@chipsammich2078]

I've always wondered if goats climbed on Hoover Dam, I've seen the footage of them on dams in other countries but never hoover.. thanks for sharing that

[@abrahamlincoln7766]

Wtf

[@rrmorris67]

@@abrahamlincoln7766 lol. Nice to meet you. I'm Ulysses S. Grant

[@ynot0714]

Bighorn Sheep

[@mspionage1743]

Yep, they most certainly like the climb Hoover and are never stopped from doing so as they provide a free cleaning service to that side by removing any salt, moss, and dirt buildup. In the past they were immediately shot down but now they are left to climb it as they see fit since their behavior has actually added years to the dam.

[@Lue_Jonin]

My favorite section of national scenic trail to hike has always been the "goat rocks wilderness" on the Pacific Crest Trail. Located between Mount Adams and Mount Rainer it always yields many spectacular sightings of mountain goats. Hiking this section in the fall time with the vibrant changing colors of foliage adds to the sheer wonder of the massively built white coated goats of the North West region. ❤ 🐐 👣 ✌

[@yellowsnowcone]

0:43

[@jerryleroy9187]

Here's a goat story for ya! Years ago when I was a kid (no pun intended) my father and his friend went to town to buy a lawnmower. They came home about 6 hours later and they were as drunk as a skunk. My mother and the other guy's wife were not too happy about it. Everyone was sitting out on the lawn in chairs. More neighbors had showed up after a while. Then my mother asked my father about the lawnmower, him and his friend looked at each other and began laughing. She asked what was so funny and the friend went over and opened the back door to his truck cap and out jumped a goat! Everyone was shocked at what was going on LOL. My mother asked what the heck were they doing with a goat. My dad said that they ended up at a friend's home that was a farmer and started drinking and by the time they left, the farmer convinced my dad that he didn't need a lawnmower and that a goat would keep his grass short. Being a little foggy in the brain he agreed and the farmer gave him a goat! Well everyone in the front yard was laughing hysterically to say the least. Now all the neighbors started up a party in the yard and we had the goat tied to a tree. As he grazed my dad said "look, he's already working!" By the next day that goat was my best buddy. I named him Billy of coarse and would take him for walks and I built him a little house to stay in out of the weather. But he would chew through his rope and take off sometimes so we used a long small chain instead. He was tied to an old kitchen oil stove at the time. One morning I got up and looked outside and he and the stove were gone! I put on my shoes and ran out to the road where I saw him way down the road dragging the stove behind him. This stove had to be at least 100 pounds. I ran to catch up and he was struggling to keep going in that direction. I untied him and he literally dragged me another quarter of a mile to a place where there was a store and across the street the old man that owned this store had a hobby farm. Well, he went straight over to one of the big enclosures and found what he was looking for. A nice little female goat! He was baaaing and she was baaaing and just then the old man walked up and told me I could let him in the pen so I did. WOW I don't have to tell you what happened next. I ended up talking with my parents and we all decided that if the old man was willing to take Billy, he should be left on the farm. Well, this man was from Lithuania and LOVED goats and was happy to take Billy off my hands. The old man which is named Jim by the way had a job of catering to a large mining company across the lake and would shuttle miners in an old school bus to the mine sight every morning. He came out one morning and Billy had got out of the enclosure and was ON TOP of the school bus. Well Jim couldn't get him down because he would just run from one end to the other. Then a few days later he found Billy taking advantage of his German shepherd. And then Billy ate all the flowers out of his wife's garden. I was starting to see why the farmer wanted to get rid of the goat in the first place by now. I guess he was a rolling terror haha. Jim got upset one day because Billy was on the hood of his brand new Cadillac jumping up and down denting it all to heck. By that night there was goat on the dining room table. I guess in Lithuania they like to eat goats. Who knew?! He LOVED goats alright!

[@AutomanicJack]

nice copy pasta

[@tonybarfridge4369]

perhaps u could have condensed your story. Nobody has time to read that

[@jerryleroy9187]

@@tonybarfridge4369 I warned you in the first line! It's a story not a comment. If you don't want to read it all that's fine. There are some people that don't mind reading you know.

[@jerryleroy9187]

@@AutomanicJack What the heck is a nice copy pasta? Is that a recipe? Or a motorbike of some kind?

[@tonybarfridge4369]

@@jerryleroy9187 Most people can't afford to spare 10-15 mins on an overly detailed comment. Not everything in life is a story and at least have a point, teach something, or be mildly amusing. Your long story has none of that, intentional or not

[@gwallopthegreat]

Mountain goats will literally climb Mt Everest, just to be like " mmm, salt rock."

[@frankyjayhay]

They'd still need a team of Sherpas to carry equipment and supplies.

[@Anne-cq5qz]

Many of the animals called "ibex" in this video are actually chamois. They look very different, as their horns are much smaller and are a different shape, they are often a bit darker and are much more common in the (European) Alps.

[@brownehawk7744]

How many cats do you own?

[@Schwein41]

@@brownehawk7744 ????? Huh

[@boiledelephant]

"Humans worshipped the ibex. Humans nearly drove the ibex to extinction." Classic humans.

[@gmoll7535]

1:33 yeah we fixed that... 🙄👍

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Love it to death, hate it to death, kill, kill, kill.

[@Encourageable]

Survival of the fittest

[@boiledelephant]

@@Encourageable have you seen the average developed-world human?

[@billybob-ro6qf]

we are to worship GOD & Him alone, Praise JESUS!

[@darienchrysafis3655]

Not only in Morocco, do goats climb trees, but also in Sherwood, Oregon. I was able to observe this on my school bus route. The farmers built little fences around the trees, but some of them broke down and up went the goats into the fruit trees.

[@MrJsv650]

I had a goat, smart and strong and stubborn.

[@patron40silver]

Friend of mine lives in San Francisco, Ca and has a pet goat. It climbs a tree to get on top of the roof of his house.

[@lenny108]

Seems they not only are good climbers but they are also free from giddiness?

[@user-zx3xf3uc8q]

Fiji also

[@stephencarr4238]

@@patron40silver my buddies goat used to do the same thing. First time I pulled up to his house n saw that I was blown away, pretty funny too.

[@Internutt2023]

There was, in the late 1980's, and hopefully still is, a population of mountain goats in the Black hills area in SD. I know this, because, when I was driving back to Custer State Park from a night lighting ceremony at Mt Rushmore, I rounded a turn on the mountain road, only to see a large, white, mountain goat standing square in the road in front of me. Thankfully it scampered off without any risk of an accident, but I will always remember seeing that white apparition. I would definitely love to be in a spot where I could watch their climbing antics.

[@yellowsnowcone]

0:58

[@painmt651]

Living in Montana, the Bighorn Sheep, and the Mountain Goats are my everyday neighbors. Awesome creatures, and with no fear of humans, because there is only one tag issued for the hunt, in the area per year.

[@matimus100]

Disrespectful towards nature not creatures

[@1LSWilliam]

I first laid eyes on these goats when I was elevenish. I could scarcely beleve what I saw. May God preserve them, for no one should be hunting them now.

[@joshualoveless4237]

If u drive a gass vehicle your indangering them more than hunters are. Just an FYI

[@ragnarragnarsson3128]

Managed hunting is conservation

[@DizzyDad]

@@joshualoveless4237 bro...they would totally adapt to such a tiny increase in hydrocarbon emissions, especially that of a single gas-vehicle driving individual. You judged another person like a troll. And you spelled "you're" wrong, just and FYI lol

[@seangaw6429]

Beautiful creatures which must be preserved. Great 👍 video.

[@nigermant6347]

Amazing animals. Apart from the skills, that lack of vertigo is unbelievable. If I think about myself in those situations I would be absolutely paralysed.

[@dp7933]

The timbre and cadence of your voice.... I kept expected you to say something like, "I start every day with a rich and smooth blend of blue mountain free range coffee".

[@mynameisjonas8473]

This is an AI-generated voice. I don't think he likes coffee.

[@foreignparticle1320]

"Since childhood, we have believed that a goat cannot climb a tree on its own." Have we? Is there some fairy tale I missed out on in my youth? Because I've certainly never thought about goats not being able to climb trees on their own.

[@u.v.s.5583]

I always thought the goats were lighter. To think that some of them are heavier than me... Astonishing!

[@sebastianfries274]

Humans: oh no, my cat is stuck in a tree! Goats: **vertically climbing a concrete slab intensifies**

[@TheRenegade2424]

They wouldn’t be limited by something they can’t comprehend such as Physics… absolutely beautiful💯🤙🏽

[@wrestlingconnoisseur]

They may not be able to comprehend E=mc2, but they very well can comprehend what happens to a mountain goat's body when subjected to the force of terminal velocity.

[@Anonymous38572]

@@wrestlingconnoisseur *SPLAT*

[@senlaidor4927]

True. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZObdJupgtiNqKM

[@matimus100]

Ok brown

[@NickanM]

We better NOT tell them.

[@viharsarok]

I find it absolutely incredible that an ungulate is such an apt climber. I mean, if it had tentacles with suction cups like octopuses or at least maneuverable limbs like monkeys I wouldn't be so surprised. But these animals can't even grab anything and their limb mobility is relatively limited. How? Just how?

[@xXxJSCOTTxXx]

@@antitrustanonyme6322 "God of the gaps"... Whatever I don't understand: "God did it"...🤦‍♂️

[@terraslife6270]

Oh they grabbin... just not in the way you know.

[@senatorjosephmccarthy2720]

@@xXxJSCOTTxXx , Psalms 14: 1.

[@ma2i485]

Oh please don't give us your belief as an answer to this question. If you don't know just STFU

[@angamkom]

@@ma2i485 the creation of God are so beautiful and wonderful…Jesus loves you

[@andreasv9472]

"Male goats prefer to live alone. Joining females only during mating period" ... Bruh. GOAT Chad lives my dream.

[@e.b963]

Thank you for this fantastic video. I am from Switzerland and often watched ibex in the mountains. I recently took my partner from Australia and showed him those amazing creatures. It’s nice to learn more about them!

[@yellowsnowcone]

0:51

[@JH-nj8up]

They don’t call them “mountain” goats for nothing.

[@ziginaigra]

😆

[@kajilai]

Them eagles are strong my goodness. I loved it when the goats climbed those thorny trees. A true sight to behold, can't blame the tourists for taking them photos.

[@markheitz7963]

A truly amazing animal. The first time I saw those goats up the tree I was sure it was photoshopped as just couldn't imagine goats climbing tree but I was surprised it was true, it's another case of how wonderful nature & the world we live in

[@archangelajith.]

Watch their cousins in India dangerously crossing the road.😀 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5XHl5pribCfrKM

[@tashriquekarriem8865]

The G.O.A.T of climbing is actually a Goat.

[@michaelhusar3668]

Alex Honald says, "holy my beer". 🍻

[@happymaui]

In Montana I've seen goats climb 90' cliffs like a walk in the park. Incredible.

[@BruceMusto]

Amazing. The diversity of life on this planet is astounding.

[@williammunny9916]

*_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent and be saved. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ ---

[@philfairbrace2991]

@@williammunny9916 00

[@chubbs273]

craziest part to consider is that it is only .1 of what once was !

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*Esau Edom = the end of Earth + all life on Earth, therefore Esau Edom & his Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasian descendants are eternally finished as it is written down in the Hebrew Yisraelite scriptures.*

[@archangelajith.]

Watch their cousins in India dangerously crossing the road.😀 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5XHl5pribCfrKM

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

As an amateur climbing, it's unreal to me what these goats do. It just makes no sense, considering their body shape. I can't see how they keep their balance so perfectly. Of course, they do, because they've evolved for that over milennia. But I'm still uncapable of understanding it visually.

[@lot.bajrami]

Its its like a ball shaped creature with 4 legs it should roll down

[@rrrigil]

my palm sweat hard just to see them living their lives. be safe out there buddies.

[@AlCatrraz]

"The high mountains are a refuge for the wild goats" Psalms 104 , 18

[@susanfanning9480]

I'm so very impressed!! And yet extremely anxious! Wonderful filming done by brave people.

[@apexnext]

None of those brave people have anything to do with this KZbin channel. 😂 Stock footage.

[@Dfl87165]

Yes, one of my earliest childhood memories is learning that “goats cannot climb trees on their own”. It actually became the leading idea in my life. I’m shocked to find out that they can climb trees.

[@Neldot]

An interesting documentary, but it mixes up different species of wild goats together without specifying it. For example, this 6:29 is not an Ibex, it's an alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), and it lives in the Alps too, while this 6:39 is a north american mountain goat. Of course they are all part of the wild goats family, but they are pretty different species, and they also live in different continents.

[@deadpanfish]

Ok thanks. The video is extremely confusing.

[@samueldavis5895]

I noticed the same things… I thought

[@lurekayaklrf]

That’s the problem with these robot videos made from stock footage it’s just all random stuff dragged from video libraries and has no soul to it.

[@5mnz7fg]

Btw, 7:06: doesn't show a cougar but a snow leopard. These live in the Himalayas while cougars are native to the South and North America.

[@florian1578]

Yep, plus they said thanks to restocking program with images from 90s after telling they were hundreds in the XIX century but the only one who stopped the hunt and save the Bouquetins (big ones) is Napoléon... Americans and history is... a little story

[@rylter]

Some say Eminem, some say Tupac, some say Al Pacino some say Robert DeNiro, some say Ronaldo some say Messi... But these goats right here. Those are some REAL GOATS! 🐐

[@GouAndSotsuWereMistakes]

I've seen goats climbing on side of the mountain before when I was hiking at a canyon in AZ. Pretty neat goats

[@nicoletheunissen7077]

Wow God made all things so beautyfull 🤩

[@danjones3402]

Beautiful like you 😍

[@tombirol1693]

Evolution left these creatures standing. Those who could not climb so well were selected out. Humans created a "god" who is a psychopathic murderer and misogynist.

[@emmanuelmullen7845]

@@tombirol1693 Stop deceiving yourself

[@nicoletheunissen7077]

@@tombirol1693 🤍of men are cold in the last days🖤, turn now.for what is the deal if you gain the whole world but still lose your own soul..⌚💉🧬☠just like in the days of Noah God will judge the world⌛

[@nicoletheunissen7077]

@@emmanuelmullen7845 🤍of men are cold in the last days🖤, turn now.for what is the deal if you gain the whole world but still lose your own soul..⌚💉🧬☠just like in the days of Noah God will judge the world⌛

[@Z7Sakari]

“They are the best climbers in the entire natural world.” Gecko: “EXCUSE me?”

[@emilie8339]

gecko doesn't climb, he sticks to the surface due to very thin hairs that can form a low force atomic bond called Van Der Waals forces. doesn't need any climbing skill besides strength when you stick to surfaces on an atomic level lmao.

[@Neldot]

@@Stylofo4m With the exception of very few very gifted free climbers, humans need tools to climb, we can't climb naked and without any tools with the speed of the goats, so it still stands that goats are the best "natural" climbers (also because of their natural tools).

[@element5092]

Spider: Hold my web.

[@tonyp.bahama9368]

@@Stylofo4m well, have you?

[@suzanneberger8202]

Their balance seems superlative too! I am enthralled by their dexterity and athletic ability...

[@art.demirjian9721]

It is incredible to see the way they are climbing the steep and slippery mountain rocks...! They are very interesting animals.

[@vepz13]

7:50 if the pray is larger, the eagle is just gonna throw it from the hill and let it smash on the ground. don't underestimate their intelligence!

[@scottmeadows9908]

My favorite section of national scenic trail to hike has always been the "goat rocks wilderness" on the Pacific Crest Trail. Located between Mount Adams and Mount Rainer it always yields many spectacular sightings of mountain goats.

[@michaelmccoy1794]

Washington shout out ⚠️ alert! Greetings from Aberdeen, on the beautiful emerald coast of the evergreen state!

[@linterpretemehariste9081]

The most impressive ability of the Ibex is that they can move every single toe of their hoofs separately and that makes it possible for them to climb on smallest outstanding rockparts.

[@rogerbuoy8418]

Every single toe? ....both of them?

[@jordondepoti6637]

Sheep: "I make wool." Ram: "I make war." Mountain Goat: "I make the laws of physics obso-f***ing-lete come at me" like what a legend 👏 🙌 👌

[@leaf16nut]

Is it bad that I want to yell “BOO!” When they’re climbing along that rock face 😂🙃

[@cdixon198]

These things look majestic.

[@mybusiness2966]

We have a herd of Kashmiri goats roaming the Great Orme next to Llandudno, North Wales. They're local celebrities round here. During the covid lockdowns they came down from the hill and roamed around the empty town streets. They have become more of a feature now, even in busier periods probably after tasting many of the local garden flowers and shrubs. Beautiful creatures, but really stink!

[@asadsagheer3221]

So here is someone talking about goat from where I belong

[@DaisyCatToo]

I've seen them! They're very beautiful and intelligent. During the first lockdown they walked into the town, presumably to see what was going on as everyone had disappeared. There is a news report on YT.

[@derekstocker6661]

What amazing creatures, what a fabulous skill of climbing almost vertical surfaces. Sadly they have predators, and also man to contend with, what a great shame as these are so beautiful to watch and see their amazing antics. Thanks so much for this, wonderful.

[@RedSiegfried]

All animals have predators.

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

Those goats are incredible rock climbers. It's scary but I don't see a grizzly bear getting up there after them.

[@0001captainawesome]

Oh bears can definately climb sheer steep cliffs that me and you would basically consider flat. I've seen bears climb just as impressive cliffs as any of the goats in this video, even bear cubs can do it. The main difference is the goat is more agile with it's jumps and is much quicker at getting down. I suggest you youtube some videos of bears doing this, it's just as impressive considering their size.

[@supernatural_forces]

@@0001captainawesome Yeah! I have seen. No chance for a bear. Weak, young & injured could be targetted.

[@lohkoonhoong6957]

Amazing -- they can pick spots on the rocks to place their feet, and move up and down very steep terrain.

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*Esau Edom = the end of Earth + all life on Earth, therefore Esau Edom & his Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasian descendants are eternally finished as it is written down in the Hebrew Yisraelite scriptures.*

[@adrianlavy1541]

2:05 Grumpy Ol'man Isaac Newton: "The laws of physics says you will fall if you keep at that!!!" Mountain Goat: "MEEEEEEEEH!"

[@dontbeadrone]

I've seen their Israeli cousins do similar feats on the cliff banks of En Gedi, an oasis in the Judean Desert. It never ceases to amaze us human onlookers. King David, who spent time there as a refugee from King Saul, three thousand years ago, featured them in one of his Psalms: "The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers" (Psalm 104: 18)

[@lucille7069]

Very informative and interesting lesson on the ibex. It reminds me of the verse which reads, "...The LORD God is my strength and he will make my feet like hinds' feet and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments." Habakkuk 3:19

[@samuelfellows6923]

✝️, and God had designed them to do so 🙂

[@TazHall]

God made ninja goats lol. Beautiful references 🌿

[@sadfaery]

This is so cool. These animals are described and feature somewhat prominently in a couple of the Earth's Children series books by Jean M. Auel, and she has good descriptions of the mountain ibex, but seeing them here really inspires awe in a way that even a detailed description like Auel's simply does not.

[@jacquelinemorgan2086]

Wonderful animals. Such agility. Only our wonderful creator could do something like this. We need to show more reverence and respect.

[@Anon1gh3]

And yet goats are equated with the damned in the bible. 🤔

[@edhalson3154]

I am sure others have pointed out but you show quite a few clips of the European Mountain Antelope (Rupicapra Rupicapra) or Chamois. These are "Goat-like" but not actually a goat. We have Chamois and Himalayan Mountain Goats (Tahr) in NZ and they are quite different. Both are very adept and sure footed in the alpine terrain

[@markvanderstelt8999]

ya and he would show the bald Eagle and then show a completely different kind of eagle pull the goat off the mountains.

[@crashalexander7232]

@@markvanderstelt8999 HE SAID GOLDEN EAGLE THEN SHOWS A BALD EAGLE ...LOL

[@SagebrushRambles]

Yeah this video is a mess and clearly not professionally done.

[@indyreno2933]

It's spelled Rupicapra rupicapra.

[@edhalson3154]

@@indyreno2933 True dat! My Bad! Had been looking up Chupacabra and got them twisted. Cheers for the correction!

[@kloppskalli]

we've got the indigenous mouflons in Cyprus who pretty much look the same, i was lucky enough to see a family of 10 or so when i rode my motorbike in the troodos mountans one sunday morning... they quickly escaped up a steep face that wasnt even solid, just a lotta lose rocks but that didnt delay them much ... wld hv taken me a day or two to climb up there :))

[@thewaywardgrape3838]

I'm amazed at the weights they can get too! They must be incredibly powerful and strong!

[@OriginalPuro]

Yeah, he said that multiple times.

[@Nemoticon]

Mountain goats are truly epic. When I was in Germany, I saw a goat on a sheer vertical rock face over the road and I shouted at everyone to look up. By the time I got everyone's attention, the goat was already gone and everyone thought I was weird. I still have on idea who the it got there and how it fucked off so quickly!! xD

[@walden6272]

Maybe it fell to its death.

[@Nemoticon]

@@walden6272 lol, at least everyone would've seen it... it was directly over the road we were on.

[@c.w.8200]

In the Austrian Alps they're maybe not as common as they used to be but you'll definitely see them once in a while, I've seen even seen them climbing a hydroelectric dam irl, they sometimes fall to their death though.

[@Lenny101]

"since we were kids we believed a goat couldn't climb a tree alone"? i never once thought about if a goat could climb a tree or not 😂😂

[@kg0678]

I love stopping on the side of the road here in Alaska to watch the Dall sheep as they walk sideways on the steep mountains looking down at the traffic or hundreds of tourists that stop to take pictures of them. they don’t fall It’s amazing and a site to see.

[@zvifumisokuchera4870]

I liked how the video got straight to the story line. Very informative thank you.

[@tamarrajames3590]

These are truly amazing animals, and so beautiful in motion. Thank you for this.🖤🇨🇦

[@SagebrushRambles]

Except the whole video was a mess. Misnaming goat and eagle species. Almost all of it was inaccurate.

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@SagebrushRambles Agreed, but the animals really were beautiful…I watched for the beauty, not the scholastic accuracy. There are channels I go to for information, and others I just enjoy watching for the pretty.🖤🇨🇦

[@williammunny9916]

*_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent and be saved. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ --

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@williammunny9916 I am happy for you that you have found the language in which the Divine speaks to you. What that has to do with this video I am not sure. I am a Priestess of the old Gods since 1967, and am happy in the beauty of that relationship. I do not need to repent, or to be saved by a deity foreign to me. I know your faith requires you to proselytize, but I will not be joining you. I wish you and yours health and happiness.🖤🇨🇦

[@matimus100]

Lower your ego flag will you for children's sake

[@aghoulinthewhould]

At 7:07, definitely not a cougar but rather a snow leopard (which is so much more rare). But both are indeed a threat to Ibex.

[@dand2760]

Wow and I get scared climbing a ladder on my single story home just to clean out the rain gutters. These guys are the Jackie Chans of the animal kingdom

[@jodymooney255]

This was an amazing video! Thank You!

[@DentfreeEurope]

How many of You too, can't get enough of seeing these amazing creatures ?!! I seriously can't, for sure !!!

[@antthegord9411]

For a creature without opposable thumbs or even fingers, they sure manage to be great climbers.

[@matimus100]

Totally wrong and bad teaching No this isn't a creature

[@Hussain585]

@@matimus100 So what is this? A lifeless object?

[@DizzyDad]

@@matimus100 Your claim lacks anything whatsoever to back it up. It is 100% a creature. But what you are suggesting is (edited) but unclear. Why is it not a creature, and why is the teaching bad? Without explanation your claim is trash.

[@MiaAnstine]

I appreciate the mention of hunting, but please don’t confuse hunters and poachers. Hunters never want the elimination of a species of wildlife but instead encourage healthy populations.

[@sleeptight2nite]

😂 I wonder 💭 how the animal feels

[@extatixz]

@@sleeptight2nite here’s the funny thing, they don’t 🥴

[@sirrodrickgeorgemcberryjoh9509]

@@extatixz Pretty sure if you stabbed a human and an animal they'll act the same way. Aka scream in agony and wonder why the heck you stabbed them. Maybe you not tho, you're kinda odd.

[@caralho5237]

@@sirrodrickgeorgemcberryjoh9509 the animal wouldn't sue you afterwards though

[@ajhc18]

@@sirrodrickgeorgemcberryjoh9509 I get the argument behind inflicting pain to kill an animal, but that’s kind of irrelevant when you take into account what other means these animals usually die from… how about the pain from being eaten alive ass to face by a mountain lion because predators typically go for hind quarters and innards on horned animals to stay away from injury and also retain the most amount of nutrients as quickly as possible? Or how about the goats that they didn’t show in this video that weren’t as successful of climbers and slipped down a sheer rock face, broke their spines and laid paralyzed in agony for the next few days while dying of dehydration/starvation and being picked at by birds of prey? I’m not saying any method is better or worse than the other, but let’s not pretend that a well placed arrow through the lungs/heart of an animal that efficiently kills is more savage than what wild animals have to deal with and struggle with on a daily basis. Most people just don’t want to admit that there is a such thing as ethical killing when compared to poaching/sport hunting. Hunters respect the land and life around them greatly.

[@erictaylor5462]

I once saw a mountain goat fall. It was a North American mountain goat at the Grand Canyon. It jumped from one ledge to another and this ledge broke off. The goat fell down the nearly vertical cliff to its death. An unusual sight, but kind of sad.

[@Ezekiel903]

i remember this picture, as the Italian released the goats at the alps! today they have reached Swiss

[@bardfrederic]

Video is showing two very different species at least: from the genus Ovis (first part) and from the genus Oreamnos (white mountain goat in the US/canada).

[@Qatella2881]

Yeah they did that. It's kind of a mess.

[@GForceIntel]

Spiderman: hey I can climb walls because I have powers. Alpine ibex: I can climb walls because I'm the GOAT.

[@Lucky14970]

3:58 "Covers them like a winter coat." - Man, that's some ingenious writing right there!

[@sh_lsalvador]

Amazing. A new knowledge to me, really interesting. Have a blessed day!

[@HumanSagaVault]

the best hikers/mountain climbers in the world. the GOAT!

[@LCTesla]

why did you climb the mountain? humans: to hug the mountain, to envelop that mountain. To make love to the mountain. To challenge the rock. Why do I climb the mountain? Because I'm in love. mountain goat: lol idk there was a leaf up there

[@sonsofliberty3081]

From a farmer, ALL split hoof animals have that "soft pad" on the bottom of the foot except deer. A deer is relatively hard in comparison. All goats or sheep have a very rough bottom and it IS the sole of the foot. 1/2in and you'll start to see blood flow, only the coating around the outside is hard. Horses are the same way, but do not have a split. It's one wide hoof but made up the same way. Some Horses are extremely sensitive down there and have to have shoes. Others, especially pony breads, usually do not need shoes unless they are having arthritis problems or are old and have something that causes them pain. The shoes give then better posture. Road Horses have to have shoes and they have small beads of boron welded to the shoe. The boron is harder than the road and and actually goes into the road giving them grip.

[@karoonboomie2813]

These Mountain Goats/Alpine (Ibex) are so undisputed, epic, mysterious and stunning, the way they triumph on the sides of steep mountains, their half-shaped horns are enormously big and stoic looking. Their jumps are just overwhelming. I would put these dudes up on the #1 wild animal list of the most BAD-ASS ANIMALS today!!!!!

[@craigleibbrand7761]

Well said and you're absolutely right

[@karoonboomie2813]

@@craigleibbrand7761 👍😉

[@karidrgn]

The mountain goats shown are a different species than the ibex.

[@indyreno2933]

@karidrgn, ibexes are goats, while mountain goats are not goats.

[@stevenlowe3245]

I used to watch these guys daily on the cliffs outside my living room window in Idaho. They are amazing.

[@markd9318]

Honey badger: doesn't care Mountain G.O.A.T: hold my beer

[@FirstLast-zk5ow]

Since we were kids, we believed that goats couldn't climb trees? I'm pretty sure that I never once thought about whether or not a goat could climb a tree. Anybody else?

[@andieday6851]

Ikr?!? I was thinking the same, like "we who?" 😅😅😅

[@viharsarok]

If you ask an average kid if goats can climb trees the answer will be a resounding no.

[@FirstLast-zk5ow]

@@viharsarok l@u

[@viharsarok]

@@FirstLast-zk5ow Wat?

[@FirstLast-zk5ow]

@@viharsarok LOL@U

[@mth469]

One of nature's most insane creations

[@Flogge11]

I think the Platypus is No 1.

[@hoomanAdnan]

MashaAllah beautiful creature ❤️ i am always fascinated watching these🙌🏼 ❤️ From Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@annointed1636]

My palm is sweating everytime I watch this creatures walking through slopes 🤲

[@matimus100]

Nonsense these are not creatures

[@joeshmoe7967]

As a child I never once contemplated a goat's tree climbing ability......

[@romasriley9251]

They are the actual GOAT of climbing

[@genedesalvo1120]

Built like a mountain goat is a high complement of physical prowess.

[@williammunny9916]

*_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent and be saved. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ ---

[@JUYAN16]

Goats have the creepiest eyes ever.

[@gnarbeljo8980]

Although I dont agree that's likely the reason they've been the unfair target as image of satan and evil mischief. Really sucks if you ask me. Goats are marvelous, resilant, and provided peoples in tough environments all over the world with milk and meat for thousands upon thousand of years and never did us any harm.

[@gnarbeljo8980]

@@jnielsen1956 yes, it's necessary for survival, but think you meant to reply to Mastodon above?

[@moniquemonicat]

The envy and inspiration of every mountain climber!

[@mostwantedadrian]

Monique - Very true.

[@keephumble1]

All praise be to the Creator for such a beautiful and mesmerising creation!☝️ Nice video by the way!

[@matimus100]

Superstitious nonsense garbage 🗑

[@dragonsquad2622]

I just subscribed. I love facts about animals! 😃👍 good job!

[@xman870096]

Amazing animals, no fear of heights or steep cliffs, but just one missed step and it's all over!!!