big horn sheep

Description:

In this photo as you can see their horns aren't as long because its a female sheep.The mountain sheep's horns can weigh up to 30 pounds while the whole sheep can weigh up to 300 pounds male sheep normally tend to be about 127-316 pounds and the females tend to be 75-188 pounds. The male sheep's horns are large and curved but the females are less curved and smaller. Their fur color ranges quite a bit from light brown to grayish or chocolate brown. Both the big horn sheep and the black bear live in the rocky mountain area the black bear is a omnivore who's population is neither increasing or decreasing. They have a symbiotic relationship thats in the form of parasitism with bears, cougars and other animals that like to hunt big horn sheep they have that type of relationship because the bears or cougars hunt them as prey. Big horn sheep that have hooves that can keep a good grip on things such as the rocky mountains or any other steep slopes. They reproduce with sexual reproduction they have a sixth month gestation they reproduce during mating season.

Habitat:

-they live in rocky areas or grassy mountain slopes -the sheep eat the grass off the slopes -predators like bears and wolves eat the big horn sheep -they interact with the environment by feeding off the grass and using it as their main food source.