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... wild goat also has scimitar horns , but with a sharp keel rather than knobs in front , and the markhor has uniquely spiraling horns . South Asia is the home of yet another type of goat , the tahr , with one species living in the Great ...
... wild goat also has scimitar horns , but with a sharp keel rather than knobs in front , and the markhor has uniquely spiraling horns . South Asia is the home of yet another type of goat , the tahr , with one species living in the Great ...
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... wild goat , and I returned there four more times in 1973 and 1974 . The bloody sun of morning finds me scanning the plateau for wild goat . The sky is yellow with sand , and sharp gusts of wind still ham- mer my body . Finally , far ...
... wild goat , and I returned there four more times in 1973 and 1974 . The bloody sun of morning finds me scanning the plateau for wild goat . The sky is yellow with sand , and sharp gusts of wind still ham- mer my body . Finally , far ...
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... wild goat . I was puzzled , and eager to see the living animals . Tall and raw - boned , Khan Muhammad loped up the mountain with the ease of a goat to the base of a gigantic cliff where he waited for us . By the time we had labored up ...
... wild goat . I was puzzled , and eager to see the living animals . Tall and raw - boned , Khan Muhammad loped up the mountain with the ease of a goat to the base of a gigantic cliff where he waited for us . By the time we had labored up ...
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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