Wonder of ScienceThese incredible ibex defy gravity climbing a near-vertical dam in search of nutritious salt.
Video credit: BBC
Lenora
ʙᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴇяɪʟʟ@wonderofscience @Lazarou I remember watching that when it was first broadcast.
Count Holdem@wonderofscience Now my vertical evolution seems so... ... ... flatlined
.vad//hakara🧭@wonderofscience They crave that mineral
christian mock@wonderofscience I've seen them when we were rock climbing in the Dolomites... us slowly climbing up with ropes and all the things, and them just casually running up the adjacent rock wall.
Jackie Jude
Axomamma, Antifa from birth@wonderofscience I can't get past watching for ten seconds. IT'S TOO SCARY.
Billy SmithNo matter how harsh the environment, Life will always find a way. :D
Father EnochMakes Ötzi the Iceman seem more impressive, considering he managed to hunt one of these down for his last meal...
Okuna@wonderofscience I would call this living on the edge.
Pirate 🐾 ⏚Ouh là là ! Ça me donne le vertige, j'en ai des frissons ! Ces animaux sont vraiment exceptionnels ! 😉😼👍
Face Thumb@wonderofscience Argh, why are you running?!?
DziadekThe miracle isn’t that the animal is defying gravity. The miracle is its incredible ability to balance on such tiny footholds. Gravity is doing a perfect job of holding the ibex onto the stones.
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Virginicus@DziadekMick @wonderofscience The miracle I see is that they taught one of them to operate a video camera.
🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣@wonderofscience DAAAAM! they don't fear shit!
Silk_Flame (she/her) 😷@wonderofscience impressive *and* anxiety-inducing!
Aaron@wonderofscience It makes me nervous to watch. Like, I want to tell them, "No, little fluffies, don't do that, it's dangerous!" But they're fine!