Big horn sheep

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Ovis canadensis 

     The Canadian population of this stocky muscular animal is restricted now to western Alberta and southern British Columbia.  Adult males range in weight from 287-343 kg. The ewes, lambs, yearlings and young rams band together in groups led by an old ewe. They are joined in the autumn by the mature rams in time for the mating season. 
     During the rutting season, the adult males engage in fierce jousting matches and crash head-on into each other with an impact that can be heard two kilometres away. Their chief predator is the cougar, but unattended kids are often taken by the golden eagle. Their heads, with their magnificent horns, are prized by hunters. 
 

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