Lip Service 6431
This is the image I am presenting for the day 3 of the black and white photo challenge. A bighorn Ram, with mouth agape, stares me down in Yellowstone National Park. I am uncertain if this represents a form of aggression, or is simply an act of smelling or tasting the air. Studies completed within the last decade or so have shown that, counter intuitively, more aggressive rams seem to be less effective at mating and passing on their genes. More patient males will wait until they have grown older, bigger, and more able to dominate before mating. They account for the majority of new births. More aggressive rams will attempt to mate before they have full matured. Though they are sometimes successful, they are less successful than dominating older males. They are also less likely to live to become older, dominating males. I find this kind of research fascinating, though I do wonder if this kind of data can be extrapolated to all populations, or whether it may be specific to a group of animals in a specific location.
I would like to nominate friend, and fellow photographer @Liz Boehm for the black and white photo challenge.
#ILoveNature #ILoveWildlife #WildlifePhotography in #Montana #Nature in #YNP #YellowstoneNationalPark #Wildlife in #America #USA #BighornSheep #BlackandWhitePhotoChallenge #DrDADBooks #Canon #Bringit #Photography #Picoftheday #Photooftheday
Lip Service 6431
This is the image I am presenting for the day 3 of the black and white photo challenge. A bighorn Ram, with mouth agape, stares me down in Yellowstone National Park. I am uncertain if this represents a form of aggression, or is simply an act of smelling or tasting the air. Studies completed within the last decade or so have shown that, counter intuitively, more aggressive rams seem to be less effective at mating and passing on their genes. More patient males will wait until they have grown older, bigger, and more able to dominate before mating. They account for the majority of new births. More aggressive rams will attempt to mate before they have full matured. Though they are sometimes successful, they are less successful than dominating older males. They are also less likely to live to become older, dominating males. I find this kind of research fascinating, though I do wonder if this kind of data can be extrapolated to all populations, or whether it may be specific to a group of animals in a specific location.
I would like to nominate friend, and fellow photographer @Liz Boehm for the black and white photo challenge.
#ILoveNature #ILoveWildlife #WildlifePhotography in #Montana #Nature in #YNP #YellowstoneNationalPark #Wildlife in #America #USA #BighornSheep #BlackandWhitePhotoChallenge #DrDADBooks #Canon #Bringit #Photography #Picoftheday #Photooftheday