Mountain goat
Fluffy. Adorable. And very energetic. Our mountain goats live in the Free-Roaming Area.
Our mountain goats arrived in fall 2018. Part of a larger group translocated from Washington’s Olympic Mountains (where they are non-native and destructive) to the Cascades (where their populations are depleted), the kids couldn’t be paired with a known mother, so found their new home at Northwest Trek. The translocation was a partnership of the National Park Service, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife and the USDA Forest Service, with support from area tribes. Read the full story here.
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Did you know?
Hooves and horns.
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With padded hooves, white hair and black horns and nose, mountain goats are around 5-6 feet long and 3 feet high as adults. |
They're herbivores, eating grass, leafy browse and mineral and salt deposits. |
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Billies, nannies
and babies
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Nannies (females) are aggressive, wielding their horns to guard their kids and dominate males - except during rut (mating). |
Billies (males) crawl on their bellies and squeak like kids to try and woo a nanny. After mating, he leaves (or is chased away!) |