A strong, male Alpine ibex or stein bock (Capra ibex) is posing on the south slope of the Altmann, a prominent mountain in the Santis area of north-ea

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A strong, male Alpine ibex or stein bock (Capra ibex) is posing on the south slope of the Altmann, a prominent mountain in the Santis area of north-eastern Switzerland. Stein bock are, after their re-introduction to Switzerland over a century ago, protected and only rarely culled. Therefore this one tolerates the photographer who is only a few metres away.

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Photo credit: © DR JUERG ALEAN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -, alpine, alps, animal, biological, biology, bock, capra, fauna, horn, ibex, male, mammal, santis, stein, switzerland, wildlife, zoological, zoology