Bighorn Sheep Bighorn sheep are a type of mountain sheep They are named after the large curved horns of the male sheep called rams They live in large flocks in alpine meadows on grassy mountain slopes and on foothills near rocky cliffs Safari Sam says Bighorn rams often fight each other during the mating season They run at each other and crash into one another with their horns 4
B ig hornsheep Bighorn sheep graze on grasses and shrubs Most bighorn sheep live in the cooler mountain regions of Canada and the United States Bighorns grow 6 feet 1 8 meters long from the nose to the tail and weigh up to 300 pounds 140 kilograms Bighorn sheep are mammals Bighorns are expert at climbing steep terrain where they are safer from predators such as bears wolves and cougars 5
