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... canyon to feed on the plateau . I count sixty - eight . Females resemble young males at a distance , and I am too far away to classify each animal according to age and sex . Shy from being hunted , the wild goat must be approached with ...
... canyon to feed on the plateau . I count sixty - eight . Females resemble young males at a distance , and I am too far away to classify each animal according to age and sex . Shy from being hunted , the wild goat must be approached with ...
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... canyon bisects the Eravikulam Plateau . Although the cliffs and hilltops are frequently in cloud , as in the Nilgiris , the canyon sometimes remains clear except for tendrils of fog along the precipices . Many tahr lived along the canyon ...
... canyon bisects the Eravikulam Plateau . Although the cliffs and hilltops are frequently in cloud , as in the Nilgiris , the canyon sometimes remains clear except for tendrils of fog along the precipices . Many tahr lived along the canyon ...
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... canyon narrows almost immediately and in it a turbulent stream , covered with ice bridges , ricochets from wall to wall and leaps over precipices . Snow covers every boulder , and near the water's edge , everything is glazed with ice ...
... canyon narrows almost immediately and in it a turbulent stream , covered with ice bridges , ricochets from wall to wall and leaps over precipices . Snow covers every boulder , and near the water's edge , everything is glazed with ice ...
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