Rock-Climbing Goats

[Music] for many young animals a wise mother is the difference between life and death [Music] there are some environments where this is particularly true this inhospitable land in Israel is not an easy place to live [Music] up here your footing needs to be firm and a head for Heights is essential meet the IBEX they've made these precarious cliffs their own but for these newborn ibex kids this rocky wilderness makes for a nerve-wracking nursery they spend the first few days of their life at the very top of the cliffs relatively safe from predators who can't scale these summits however at less than a week old they must leave their playtime plateaus [Music] they will attempt their first descent of these terrifying rock walls their mother needs to find food [Music] now the steep terrain that has kept them safe can turn treacherous their mother leads the way the kids are understandably tentative but ibex are born with remarkable feat made for just this purpose [Music] slowly they picked their way down the sheer rock faces with cleft feet that spread wide exposing rubbery pads that grip the rock [Music] their mother shows them the best roof she's done it hundreds of times before [Music] gradually the kids start to get the hang of it but they need to focus one slip could be their last [Music] walk hoppers are spirited characters tough irrepressible with a reputation of never giving up it's just as well as soon as their assure the weaves reclaim them

Channel: Nature on PBS

Views: 12,245,880

Rating: 4.6865134 out of 5

Keywords: nature, natural world, in the wild, natural, live nature, pbs, public television, television, film, nature documentaries, documentary, docs, israel, goats, goat, hooves, ibex, desert, cliffs, climbing, baby animals, animals, rocks, steep

Id: Hu8TJKMtmtI

Length: 3min 41sec (221 seconds)

Published: Fri May 01 2015

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

They also live in Europe. Loved seeing them in the Alps.

[u/rebzilla_23]

Watching planet earth II are we?

[u/[deleted]]

rubber soles?

[u/WendelGOTD]

Also not to mention that baby Ibex are adorable