While in the Colorado National Monument last month, I spotted a herd of Desert Bighorns in Fruita Canyon. They were pretty high...

Sheep School

Colorado

While in the Colorado National Monument last month, I spotted a herd of Desert Bighorns in Fruita Canyon. They were pretty high up and not the best for photos, but among them were about 10 babies so I sat there watching them frolic in their natural habit. As night started to set in they retreated higher up into the canyons. Before they could get there though, they had to cross this bit, an obviously well traveled rock. The adults crossed with ease, the lambs however? They had lots of trouble. As you can see they were scared even to attempt it, and when they did, they would slide down the rock barely in control just able to stop themselves from a disastrous fall. They tried and failed several times. They would ran away back towards the comfort of the stragglers in the herd, stared at the crossing filled with trepidation looking for a route over and would watch the older sheep cross. They would follow the same route as the others, but couldn't even get halfway across. Maybe 10 minutes of this and then a brave little one attempted it and went almost vertically up the rock then across instead of just across like the older ones did. This allowed it to be in a more manageable position when it started to slide back down, which it did, but through this it had enough momentum/traction to make it across! The others spurred on by the success followed using the same tactic, failing quite a few times but all managing it in the end. Not often you get to see newborn animals learning in front of your eyes.

Photo © copyright by Michael Underwood.

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