Mountain Goats

Which animals wear shaggy white coats and are sure-footed on slippery slopes?

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• A male mountain goat is called a billy. A female is called a nanny. And a baby is a kid.
• Both male and female mountain goats have horns and beards.
• It’s cold and windy where mountain goats live. Their thick, shaggy coats keep them warm in the winter.
• Mountain goats are expert climbers. They can scale very steep cliffs with ease.
• Mountain goats have special hooves that help them get a good grip on slick rocks.
• Mountain goats shed their heavy winter coats in the summer and grow them back in the fall.
• Mountain goats eat plants that grow on the rocks.
• Mountain goat kids are born climbers. They can jump from rock to rock soon after they are born.
• A mountain goat kid will climb anything—even Mom!