There is a kind of sheep in Xinjiang that is born with superb skills. Even the Snow Leopard , which is the best at catching sheep and loves to eat sheep, cannot do anything to it.
That is Rock goat !
Rock sheep is also called Cliff sheep , Stone sheep , Qing sheep, etc. It has a large body size, a body length of 1.3 meters, a tail length of 20 cm, a shoulder height of 90 cm, and a weight of 70 kg. The head is long and narrow, and the ears are short. All body is blue-gray.
It mainly lives in the mountains and forests of Xinjiang at an altitude of 5,000 meters. It mainly feeds on alpine desert plants such as Artemisia , Moss grass , and Nepenthes grass twigs and branches and leaves of shrubs such as Azalea , Spiridium twigs twigs twigs twigs twigs twigs twigs twigs twigs twigs.
The color of the rock sheep's body is similar to the exposed rocks on the grass and is extremely difficult to distinguish, so it has a strong protective effect.
The rock sheep is extremely fast, with a speed of more than 80 kilometers per hour, and ordinary people and animals cannot catch up with it.
It is more worth mentioning that rock sheep can climb mountains with unrivaled ability. They can jump quickly among the rocks and climb up the steep cliffs. On the cliff, you can climb up as long as you have a foot edge. If you jump 3 meters, you can jump down from a high place and not get hurt.
With the speed and rock climbing skills, snow leopards and other animals can only sigh at the rock sheep.
Rock sheep often move in groups and are very attached. If some members unfortunately die, other members often surround dead bodies and prevent scavengers such as vultures and from taking away.
The natural enemies of rock sheep are in addition to humans, mainly snow leopards, jackals, wolves, as well as large raptors such as vultures and golden eagle .
Xinjiang rock mutton is tender and nutritious, and its hair can also be used as clothes, so it is hunted and killed by humans, and the number has decreased sharply.
Now Xinjiang rock sheep has been listed as a national second-level protected wild animal. Protected rock sheep cannot be hunted or eaten, otherwise you will face prison!
