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The two will step backwards and raise heads, almost seeming to be recovering from the shock of the hit, noses pointing together, almost in a ceremonious fashion.
The rut clashes are fascinating, and certainly ritualistic. Head bashing does not occur constantly (male bighorn would be worn down and unable to mate if this were the case), and the fight is almost never to the finish. The ritualism is to establish the largest curl and to determine the dominant animal who will perform the mating of the band.
Fairfield County. Photo by J Gallagher, May 2006.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Phillips County. Photo by J Gallagher, Nov. 2005.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Bergen County. Taken Oct. 1936.
Source: National Archives, RG 121-BS, Box 57.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish. No known copyright restrictions to base image.
A graduate student from the University of Florida documented the effects of Hurricane Irma after it passed through Northeast Florida. Photos were taken at Northern Vilano Beach and Southern Ponte Vedra Beach. Photo credit: Scott Eastman, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Essex County. Photo by J Gallagher, Jun. 2005.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Laurel County. Photo by J Gallagher, Jul. 2014.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Exterior. Providence County. Photo by E Kalish, May 2014.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Weakley County. Photo by S Bahnsen, Jul. 2012.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.