Nature in action - Epic struggle ends in death

imgur website ^ | 7/7/13 | Baynative

[Baynative]

Actually it was a Big Horn Sheep, not a Mt. Goat, that was attacked by a cougar. The pictures on the website are gruesome and not for the squeemish. But, they show a vivid story we can only imagine by looking at the aftermath.

It appears that the two animals were locked in a life and death struggle and fell to their deaths from the rock cliffs above the highway in Glacier National Park.

There are more pictures on the link, but they are not for the faint of heart. It makes me wonder how many stories of cruel reality play out in the wilds everyday, just as they do in what some still think of as civilized society.

[cripplecreek]

I found half a rabbit out in the woods the other day.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I expected to read about Zimmerman - Martin again.

[beebuster2000]

yeah, full curl sheep. looks like a dall to me.

amazing.

[occamrzr06]

A moose once bit my sister.

[beebuster2000]

how is your sister by the way?

[DanielRedfoot]

Was if a European Moose, or an African Moose?

[martin_fierro]

[DanielRedfoot]

I hear the European Moose like cheese

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Isn’t this quite a few years old? 6 or 7 years.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Well it’s a Road Dall now.

[Thorliveshere]

Whoah! That is epic!

[occamrzr06]

It was a majestik moose. The swallow was European or African.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I should have looked at the photos first. This is not the one from several years back.

[muir_redwoods]

tough way to make a living

[jodyel]

Dang!!!

[Mears]

I watched the cruelty of nature on an eagle cam a couple of months ago.

It was so sad.

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[ClearCase_guy]

Mountain lions really get my goat.

[Slings and Arrows]

“Alright, we’ll call it a draw.”