Portrait of a Bighorn Sheep Ram in Fall Colors
by Tony Hake
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Portrait of a Bighorn Sheep Ram in Fall Colors
Artist
Tony Hake
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Photograph - Photograph
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A Bighorn Sheep ram poses for pictures with gorgeous fall foliage behind it. Taken in Waterton Canyon near Denver, Colorado. Found across much of western North America, Bighorn Sheep are adept mountain climbers, best known for the male ram's monstrous horns. While the animals are social, rams and ewes typically only meet during mating season. The young are kept on high ledges to help protect them from predators. The Bighorn Sheep is the Centennial State’s official animal and to me that is quite fitting. Just like the terrain and many of its people, these animals are very rugged, strong and tough. The animal is found in many places in the state’s high country. Diseases from European livestock and overhunting had caused the animal’s population to drop precipitously by the early 1900s. Thankfully conservation efforts have been successful in helping the sheep rebound since then.
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October 24th, 2017
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