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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/interestingasfuck@lemm.ee

At Cingino Dam - located 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Antrona Schieranco, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in Piedmont, Italy - you will find some Alpine ibex wild goats climbing its wall. The Cingino Dam is just about vertical. It is 160 feet high and these wild goats climb almost to the top of it. This species of goat lives in the European Alps, it has split hooves with rubber like soles. They are exceptional climbers...but to see them climb this vertical wall is absolutely stunning! Why would they do it? Their diet, which consists mostly of grass, gives them a major salt craving. Coincidentally, the wall of Italy's Cingino Dam is built with salt encrusted stones - with the really good, salty stone blocks near the top of the dam. So in order to get to these mineral rich salts, these goats do what looks to be impossible...they climb a vertical wall

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[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] nezrock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago
[-] Blaze@reddthat.com 21 points 1 year ago

You goat expert discuss among yourselves, once you reach a consensus, let me know how to edit the title!

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

You could change Apline to Alpine, maybe.

[-] rbn@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Today is wednesday, so that thingy on the wall is obviously a frog! 🐸

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