Alpensteenbok

"From the very first day, a young ibex can jump from rock to rock. Good huh!"

Discover in real life
AlpensteenbokCapra ibex

  • Food

    grass, leaves, herbs and moss

  • Lifetime

    18 years on average

  • Weight

    30 to 100 pounds

  • Number of youngsters

    1 juvenile

  • Wear time

    about 5 to 6 months

  • IUCN Status

    safe

  • EEP?

    no

1

meters, that's how long my crooked, ribbed horns can get

18

years, that's how old I get on average

100

kilo is my maximum weight

Convenient hooves

From the very first day, a young ibex can jump from rock to rock. Good huh! My special wide hooves keep me from slipping.

Fighter

My curved, ribbed horns can reach 1 meter in length. With these I can fight very well in the rut period. When I fight, I stand up completely straight and bang very hard against the horns of the other. The winner becomes the master of a herd of female ibex.

Back in nature

Ibex live on steep slopes above the tree line in the Alps. In only 1 area in Italy have we never left. In the other places, people placed ibex back in the wild. This included ibex born in a zoo.

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