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... males do have a rank order to which they usu- ally adhere . Competition follows certain rules . For example , once a medium - sized four - and - a - half - year - old male twisted his head and then kicked behind a female . Another male ...
... males do have a rank order to which they usu- ally adhere . Competition follows certain rules . For example , once a medium - sized four - and - a - half - year - old male twisted his head and then kicked behind a female . Another male ...
Page 240
... males on poor range mature late and court lethargically - and live long . Females on poor habitat may also have a long life , but for a different reason . Although females , unlike males , dissipate little energy in social interactions ...
... males on poor range mature late and court lethargically - and live long . Females on poor habitat may also have a long life , but for a different reason . Although females , unlike males , dissipate little energy in social interactions ...
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... males : there is seldom room for more than one to maneuver in such precarious retreats . Sometimes at the height of passion the rank order among males breaks down temporarily before the dominant individual can once more create order out ...
... males : there is seldom room for more than one to maneuver in such precarious retreats . Sometimes at the height of passion the rank order among males breaks down temporarily before the dominant individual can once more create order out ...
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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