All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . d by law. Its truestronghold is in theHimalaya Mountains ofIndia. The ibex is fa-mous for its horns, theuse of which is was thought at onetime that when the ibexused to make its gigan-tic leaps, it broke theshock of the fall by land-ing upon its horns, andno one has yet provedotherwise. Ibex-shoot-ing is one of the greatsports of India. Onlystrong men can attemptit, for they have to gofourteen thousand feethi<jh to reach the the ibex is as cautious and wary as the chamois and exceedingly difficultto approach. They are us
All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . d by law. Its truestronghold is in theHimalaya Mountains ofIndia. The ibex is fa-mous for its horns, theuse of which is was thought at onetime that when the ibexused to make its gigan-tic leaps, it broke theshock of the fall by land-ing upon its horns, andno one has yet provedotherwise. Ibex-shoot-ing is one of the greatsports of India. Onlystrong men can attemptit, for they have to gofourteen thousand feethi<jh to reach the the ibex is as cautious and wary as the chamois and exceedingly difficultto approach. They are usually found in small bands, which are led by an oldmale who keeps an eagle eye upon his charges. At the first sign of alarm theyalways dash up toward the snow-line. The ibex lives quite comfortably in captivity. Some years ago one waskept in London and became as tame as a nanny-goat. It would follow itskeeper around and was trained to draw a small cart. This animal had beencaptured in India when it was quite young, its mother having been
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