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... bharal . However , I calculate that these 200 bharal could barely support one snow leopard on a long - term basis and still maintain their population level . Bharal also die from disease , accidents , wolves , and away from the ...
... bharal . However , I calculate that these 200 bharal could barely support one snow leopard on a long - term basis and still maintain their population level . Bharal also die from disease , accidents , wolves , and away from the ...
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... bharal . An adult male flays a juniper with sweeps of his horns , and I note his age and describe his be- havior . A young male , two and a half years old , approaches a female with his muzzle and neck stretched forward , his tongue ...
... bharal . An adult male flays a juniper with sweeps of his horns , and I note his age and describe his be- havior . A young male , two and a half years old , approaches a female with his muzzle and neck stretched forward , his tongue ...
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... bharal fight quite often , behaving more like female goats than placid ewes . In general , bharal society seems primarily goatlike with the addition of some sheeplike traits . I surmise that the ancestors of bharal evolved on cliffs ...
... bharal fight quite often , behaving more like female goats than placid ewes . In general , bharal society seems primarily goatlike with the addition of some sheeplike traits . I surmise that the ancestors of bharal evolved on cliffs ...
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ahead altitudes animals behavior bharal Bhote Kosi blue sheep boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet female forest Gilgit glacier gorge grass Gyaltsen habitat halt head herd hills Himalaya Himalayan tahr Hindu Hindu Kush horns hunting Hunza ibex India Indus Jang-bu Karakoram Karchat Kashmir Khan Kilik Pass kill lama Lapche leave livestock loads look males Marco Polo sheep markhor miles Misgar monastery morning mountains nearby Nepal night Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters rams range reached remain ridge Ringmo river road rock route sheep and goats Sherpas Shey Skardu slopes snow leopard soon species stone Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young