Mountain Goat Defends Baby from Grizzly Bear
In the Canadian Rockies, a mountain goat used her home field advantage to protect her baby from a hungry grizzly bear.
Mountain goats are remarkable animals that inhabit the alpine wilderness of North America. They have shaggy, snow-white coats, beefy muscles, and uniquely padded hooves, making them well-adapted to their harsh environment.
Despite their name, mountain goats are not true goats, but rather belong to their own unique genus, more closely related to antelopes. They thrive in rugged terrain, scaling cliffs and rocky ledges thousands of feet high.
Their habitat ranges from Colorado to British Columbia and Alaska, where they can be spotted perched on narrow ledges, surveying the world below.
They inhabit some of the most rugged terrain in the Rocky Mountains, Cascades, and Coastal Ranges.
Author's summary: Mountain goats are iconic animals of the alpine wilderness.