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A bighorn ram near Jasper, Alberta. Bighorn sheep live in large herds and do not typically follow a single leader ram, unlike the mouflon, the ancestor of the domestic sheep, which has a strict dominance hierarchy. Before the mating season or "rut", the rams attempt to establish a dominance hierarchy to determine access to ewes for mating.
In animal courtship, many use horns in displays. For example, the male blue wildebeest reams the bark and branches of trees to impress the female and lure her into his territory. Some animals such as goats with true horns use them for cooling with the blood vessels in the bony core allowing them to function as a radiator. [15]
A young ram Two rams and two ewes Female mouflon with young immediately after birth Mouflon from Brehms Tierleben Mouflon ram Mouflon rams in the Eifel Park, Gondorf Few of the mouflon living at Thomayer Hospital in Prague. The European mouflon is a feral subspecies of the primitive domestic sheep. It is found in Europe and western Asia.
Barbary sheep stand 75 to 110 cm (2 ft 6 in to 3 ft 7 in) tall at the shoulder, with a length around 1.5 m (5 ft), and weigh 30 to 145 kg (66 to 320 lb). [5] They are sandy-brown, darkening with age, with a slightly lighter underbelly and a darker line along the back.
However, with the larger gape the largemouth bass were able to capture larger elusive prey. Using ram feeding in combination with suction feeding can also influence the direction of water into the mouth of the predator. With use of ram, predators are able to change the flow of water around the mouth and focus the flow of water into the mouth. [20]
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At his palace at Susa, pairs of complex protomes feature animals (mythic or real) known to be fierce or intimidating. These function symbolically and structurally: they symbolize power and cosmic balance, but they also support the beams of the ceiling structure. At Susa, the protome capitals form a socket that holds the roof beams in place. [5]
The spiracle is often located towards the top of the animal allowing breathing even while the animal is mostly buried under sediments. [5] As sharks adapted a faster moving lifestyle some became obligate ram ventilators , breathing exclusively by forcing water through their gills by swimming; among these are requiem sharks and hammerhead sharks ...