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Old 09-25-2010, 11:10 PM   #1
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Sept 26, 2010: Dam Goats

I got an email saying this is Mountain Goats on a dam in Montana.
As scary as it looks, it's not as steep, and less treacherous, than their normal haunts.



I think it's more likely they're goats, or Ibex, on a European dam.
Apparently they're licking minerals from the masonry.






Oh, and I'm taking tomorrow, monday the 27th, off.
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Old 09-26-2010, 01:19 AM   #2
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I got those same pix, only attributed to Buffalo Bill Dam (in Wyoming). I looked the dam up, and it wasn't that.
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Old 09-26-2010, 04:03 AM   #3
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I'd seen this too:

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Old 09-26-2010, 04:08 AM   #4
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There are other clips too - and at different dams, it seems it's not too uncommon around the world.
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Old 09-26-2010, 05:25 AM   #5
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What happens when you toss an M80 by them?
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Old 09-26-2010, 07:44 AM   #6
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Whichever dam it is, the climbing ability of those goats is amazing.
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Old 09-26-2010, 08:46 AM   #7
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Most US dams that size, are smooth faced concrete. But how they negotiate vertical rock walls is beyond me. I know they have hooves that will stick to a rock sticking out 2 or 3 inches, but their bodies don't fit in that space. That means their center of gravity is hanging out in space. It's magical I tells ya... ever wonder why the devil has goat horns?
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Old 09-26-2010, 09:03 AM   #8
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I heard a story of a pipeliner in West Texas parking his "New"car inside of a gate to keep someone stealing his car. He came back that evening and hundreds of goats climbed on his car doing the "Happy Dance". The damage looked like a hail storm or a person beating his car with a little hammer over every square inch of the car body.
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Old 09-26-2010, 09:11 AM   #9
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That's easy to believe, jano, goats just gotta get high.
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It's magical I tells ya... ever wonder why the devil has goat horns?
...or why he's dammed to hell?
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Old 09-26-2010, 10:56 AM   #11
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The Spectacular Spidergoats.
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That's easy to believe, jano, goats just gotta get high.
Holy shit, I'm a goat!
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It was the "What's New" section of Snopes today.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/buffalobill.asp

They report it is not Wyoming but Alpine Ibex on the Diga del Cingino (Cingino Dam) in northern Italy.
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Old 09-27-2010, 01:27 PM   #14
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Ah, so I was sorta right. I was thinking Spain/Portugal, but I'll take Italy.

I was under the impression Ibex are endangered, but that may be the Spanish ones. If so, maybe this is why.
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Old 09-28-2010, 09:50 PM   #15
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What stupid goats they are, look at all the lovely green grass on either side of the Dam. Silly Billy Goats.
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