#argali

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Argali (Ovis ammon)

(Photo by Rigzen Dorjay)

Conservation Status- Near Threatened

Habitat- China

Size (Weight/Length)- 180 kg; 2 m

Diet- Grasses; Shrubs

Cool Facts- The magnificent argali are truly adapted for sheer cliffs and vertical drop offs. While the smaller females and their kids prefer staying at lower elevations, larger males reach elevations of 5,800 meters with ease. Females gather in massive herds of up to 150 individuals while males stick it out in bachelor pads of 30. Herds mingle in the fall and winter in preparation for the mating season where males duke it out. Slamming into each other head first, a clash between fully grown males involves two sets of 20 kilogram horns hitting each other loud enough to be heard 800 meters away. Sadly, argali populations are dropping steadily from livestock ranching and trophy hunting for their massive horns.

Rating- 13/10 (Killed for being beautiful.)

#Animal of the day #Animals #Mammals #Sheep #Saturday #May 13 #Argali #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[danskjavlarna]

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With the occasional wolf in sheep's clothing and some "sheeple," here's the latest count of vintage sheep.

#argali #wild sheep #sheep #horns #vintage illustration #illustration

[hickorybird]

#argali #warlock #chicken #scout #anthro #furry #dnd #pettober2022 #one more left!

[vintagewildlife]

Argali By: L. Bab From: Brehms Tierleben 1922

#captivity #argali #caprine #ungulate #mammal #1922 #1920s #Brehms Tierleben

[mavenbuilt]

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#mavenbuilt #mavenoptics #mymedic #fhfgear #argali #bonedri #eberlistockpacks

[inatungulates]

Marco Polo argali Ovis ammon polii

Observed by fabio_olmos

#Ovis ammon polii #Marco Polo argali #Bovidae #caprine #sheep #Asia #Tajikistan

[antiqueanimals]

The Quizzer Book of Knowledge: Nature. Written and edited by George Beal. 1978.

Internet Archive

#camelids #camels #dromedary camels #llamas #bovids #bison #american bison #cows #antelope #blackbucks #caprids #wild sheep #argalis #bighorn sheep #mouflons #wild goats #markhor #ibex #pachyderms #rhinos #equids #horses #zebras #wild asses #tapirs #prehistoric #prehistoric mammals #aurochs

[rlyehtaxidermist]

for all the shortcomings of SSS, i do have some fondness for it letting me run carnelian at +200 aspd

#funny argali do a seismic event

[caramelcomics]

Back to my nonsense again, with sheep this time!

All animals with hooves feel way too chonky for how thin their legs are. It works I guess lol

#warmup sketch #digital studies #argali sheep #animal art #asian animals #mine #my art #digital #just 5 more to go #slowly but surely getting there lol

[plethoraworldatlas]

A Vaughn man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two federal wildlife felonies for running an illegal operation to clone the world’s largest horned sheep and breed hybrid sheep that he sold to game ranches in other states.

Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 80 pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and to one count of violating the Lacey Act, which prohibits people from selling, transporting, or buying wildlife through interstate commerce if the transportation or sale violated federal law.

Schubarth was charged last month by federal prosecutors after entering into a plea agreement in which he agreed to cooperate with an investigation into the operation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana said Schubarth conspired with at least five others in the operation between 2013 and 2021.

According to court documents, Schubarth illegally imported part of a Marco Polo argali sheep killed in Kyrgyzstan into the U.S., a species that is internationally protected, is listed under the Endangered Species Act, and is prohibited in Montana. He paid to have a lab create cloned embryos from the animal’s DNA, which he then implanted into ewes on his ranch.

One of the embryos, a genetically pure Marco Polo argali, was born and named “Montana Mountain King,” whose semen Schubarth used to impregnate hybrid sheep by breeding them with other types of sheep that are banned in Montana. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the group wanted to create bigger and more valuable sheep for captive hunting ranches, primarily in Texas.

He and the others forged veterinary inspection certificates, according to court records, and Schubarth also sold the pure sheep’s semen to other breeders.

Schubarth also bought parts of wild-hunted Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in Montana, a violation of state law, and sold parts of the animals to people in other states.

“The kind of crime we uncovered here could threaten the integrity of our wildlife species in Montana,” said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Chief of. Enforcement Ron Howell. “This was a complex case and the partnership between us and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was critical in solving it.”

#enviromentalism #ecology #montana #cloning #sheep #hybrid species #Game ranches #Argali Sheep #Hunting ranches #Captive hunting #bighorn sheep #us fish and wildlife service

[lezet]

V.A.- "Seventh Quarterly Report Of Argali Records Netlabel : The Inverted City" is out on ARGALI RECORDS (USA)!!!

Argali Records Netlabel are proud to present the "Seventh Quarterly Report Of Argali Records Netlabel: The Inverted City". Thirty-one auditory missives from the horizon of towers that drowns out the stars. On offer in these mysterious alleys and bystreets is an eclectic mix of industrial, electronica, dark ambient, techno, rock, avant-garde experimentalism, industrial noise, and as always a variety of permutations and combinations of these and other styles.

Featuring tracks by fourthousandblackbirds, datewithdeath, Anatoly Grinberg, DJ Frankenstone, Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt, Cousin Silas, Christopher Alvarado, Jaime Munarriz, Twilight Transmissions, Lezet, Humanfobia, Noksidam, James Hoehl, My Hidden Agenda, Wilfried Hanrath, Lord Cernunnos, John Lithium, HEL & {AN} EeL, Acheleg/Social Role Theory, RDKPL, black_ops & The Creeping Man, Terbeschikkingstelling, Tomokie's Cup, On Button, Bleepeater, Grove Of Whispers, Deborah Fialkiewicz, SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS, M.NOMIZED, Mean Flow, and Epoch Collapse. https://argalirecordsnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/seventh-quarterly-report-of-argali-records-netlabel-the-inverted-city

#argali records #Lezet #sean derrick cooper marquardt #cousin silas #wilfried hanrath #ohn lithium

[jenapher11]

cunning and tenacity pet specs suck asssss and have done so for the past like 3 xpacs. Every time I think about replacing my corehound I remember why he's the only pet ive used for 10 years. it's because he's the only one who can take a fucking hit

#I want to run bakar/moose while I'm running around the plains but they die if they get sneezed on and so do the argali #corehound has lust too which is handy #but like. buddy's got fuckin BC model and his legs go paralyzed when he goes up slopes. he's been around a long fuckin time #maybe someday I'll find another ferocity model I like as much

[hickorybird]

Some WIPs in the early sketchy stages!

#art #sketch #drawing #pettober2022 #mink #florist #argali #sheep #warlock #chicken scout #squirrel #alchemist #puppy #paladin #animals #furry #dnd #anthro #so close to finishing this challenge! (from 2 months ago lol)

[enbywerewolf]

Scrae decided to change their fursona. An argali is a type of sheep. They got the big horns. I spent about a week working on this!

#scrae #furry #demon oc #fat positive #nonbinary oc #reference sheet

[eyesxxyou]

The last symptom, had been the dreams.

Filthy, unspeakable dreams. Things that made you recoil when you woke up again to your pajama pants stained and body soaked in sweat. Whenever you woke up, you'd remember clawed hands running down your skin. Hooking their long fingers around the waistband of your trousers and a wet tongue licking at the seam of your lips.

It sent shivers down your spine. It kept you needy.

It got worse and worse, as the days went by. Until you shot up in the middle of the night. The sharp claws hadn't left, you could still feel them on your body. You couldn't feel the wet tongue and your trousers were still on you, thankfully. But as you looked down, to meet a pair of dark eyes, you gasped wetly. Soft lips, gorgeous wicks, high cheekbones. He was gorgeous. He wasn't human.

It was hard to pretend he was. The Argali horns did not blend in with his hair. The shape completely different, the colour darker, the texture sharper. And the tail that wrapped around your ankle, squeezing it, was impossible to ignore. So were his gorgeous bat-wings.

"Wha-..?"

Your mouth feels heavy, like it was stuffed with cotton gauze. It's then you realise that your jaw and throat were covered in drool. Had you been drooling? Maybe it was the fever.

"Shhh, pretty. It's ok," he murmurs.

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-🐘

AHHHH HEHEHE ITS MY MAN

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[inatungulates]

Tibetan argali Ovis ammon hodgsoni

Observed by frankweber, CC BY-NC

#Ovis ammon hodgsoni #Tibetan argali #Bovidae #caprine #sheep #Asia #India #Jammu and Kashmir