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... markhor easily on the opposite side of the narrow valley . Even the falling rocks conferred a benefit : markhor may dis- lodge stones as they walk and it was this clatter that sometimes made me aware that the goats were nearby . Most ...
... markhor easily on the opposite side of the narrow valley . Even the falling rocks conferred a benefit : markhor may dis- lodge stones as they walk and it was this clatter that sometimes made me aware that the goats were nearby . Most ...
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... markhor of Swat , Dir , Chitral , and neighboring Afghanistan has only moderately flaring horns , but with as many as three complete twists . Having recently completed a study on lions in the Serengeti Na- tional Park of Tanzania ...
... markhor of Swat , Dir , Chitral , and neighboring Afghanistan has only moderately flaring horns , but with as many as three complete twists . Having recently completed a study on lions in the Serengeti Na- tional Park of Tanzania ...
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... markhor you find ? " Consulting a scrap of paper he read : " Drosh Gol - ten , Chinal Gol -fifteen , Garhit Gol - ten , Bombret - twenty - five . . . Markhor too few now , " he concluded . To his total of 120 I added my own censuses of ...
... markhor you find ? " Consulting a scrap of paper he read : " Drosh Gol - ten , Chinal Gol -fifteen , Garhit Gol - ten , Bombret - twenty - five . . . Markhor too few now , " he concluded . To his total of 120 I added my own censuses of ...
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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