| 单词 | ibex |
| 例句 | Just as Eve is accepting the forbidden fruit from the serpent, in the distance an ibex stands perched on another kind of precipice. Exhibition Review: ?In the Company of Animals? Opens at the Morgan Library 2012-03-02T21:47:25Z But spending the night at 7,000 feet brought me my very first ibex sighting. A Grand Tour of Switzerland, Reluctant Son in Tow 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z We then watch Nubian ibex cavorting on vertical cliffs in the Arabian Peninsula, before finding ourselves perched behind the head of a golden eagle as it speed-skates along Alpine thermals. Perspective | Are nature documentaries the greatest art of our time? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The climb is amply rewarded by a stretch of cool pine forest, and an hour lying flat on a slab of rock, encircled by lofty peaks where ibex edge along ledges. A wander near Ronda: Spain’s empty quarter 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z When morning came, we lingered in bright sunshine above the clouds, watching ibex grazing nearby. Lockdown escapes: where I’ll visit when this is over 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z The Pyrenean ibex, also known as a bucardo, was a kind of mountain goat that once inhabited the rugged terrain between Spain and France. De-extinction won’t make us better conservationists! 2013-09-06T12:40:00Z One of the most unusual objects in the Louvre collection is a handle of a fourth-century-B.C. vase in the shape of a winged ibex. Persian Collections at Louvre Are Worth the Journey 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z There's some impressive stuff on show here: snakes perform staggering and quite literally stomach-churning feats of extreme digestion, while ibex display a genuine sense of reckless abandon, attempting to scale the sheer faces of mountains. TV highlights 23/08/2012 2012-08-22T19:00:01Z We heard marmots cry on the way up, and at dusk we encountered our first ibex, the mountain goat that haunted the folktales of my childhood. A Grand Tour of Switzerland, Reluctant Son in Tow 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The clouds lifted just enough for us to see an ibex posing on a promontory. Is Disentis Skiing?s Next Big Secret? 2010-12-11T01:33:00Z What if there wasn’t that stately looking ibex on the label? Mast Brothers: taste-testing $10 chocolate bars as controversy boils over 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Players can carry, kick or throw a spheroid Pritz, three and three-quarters inches in diameter, made from untreated ibex hide stuffed with blue jay feathers. Tom Koch, Comedy Writer for Bob and Ray, Dies at 89 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Norboo lifts up the carcass of a young ibex by one of its legs, which are the only parts that haven’t been picked completely clean. How a lifelong obsession with snow leopards led me to northern India 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z But first they would rather apply the technique to endangered or extinct animals, like the Pyrenean ibex known as the bucardo or the Asian wild cattle called the banteng. “De-extinction” could spawn birth of hybrid species 2013-03-28T15:52:00Z Some Nubian ibex, wild goats found only in the Middle East, made an appearance, looking regal with their curlicue horns. Journeys: An Israeli Oasis as a Passage to Ancient Times 2010-09-12T08:01:00Z Or that we would stay in a kibbutz in Ein Gedi where we could watch ibex bed down for the night on the rocks outside our room? Education in Israel and Jordan isn’t just for a daughter studying abroad 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Almost immediately Norboo finds a group of male Asiatic ibex on a hillside on the opposite side of the valley. How a lifelong obsession with snow leopards led me to northern India 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Among the rock drawings are many of ibexes, but also some that have been interpreted as depicting the tablets of the commandments or other references from the Bible. Is That a Burning Bush? Is This Mt. Sinai? Solstice Bolsters a Claim 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z An extraordinary silver vase for holy offerings is incised with line drawings of a lion-headed eagle, attribute of a rainstorm god, with two reclining ibexes and two lions clutched helplessly in its talons. Review: Getty Villa reopens with ancient treasures from the Louvre 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z This summer, it opened a vistors’ center to view Alpine ibex, a species of wild goat with curved horns that lives in the Alps, one of the first attractions unrelated to skiing. In the Alps, ski resorts are desperately battling climate change—and local resistance 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The new animals are western Spanish ibex, another subspecies of the Iberian ibex that began to be brought over from a Spanish reserve in 2014. Ibex population thrives in French Pyrenees a century after being wiped out 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Young mammals too – moose, bison, deer, antelope, wild sheep, ibex and many others – learn crucial migration routes and destinations from elder keepers of traditional knowledge. The secret call of the wild: how animals teach each other to survive 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z In addition to the “surf,” they found plenty of “turf,” such as remains from horses, deer, ibex, aurochs, porcupine and tortoise. Neanderthals Feasted on Seafood, Seabirds, Perhaps Even Dolphins 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Spain allows controlled hunting of the Iberian ibex, but the population is considered healthy there anyway - there are several thousand. Hunters of rare Alpine ibex stir wildlife row 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The Tsaatan live far from roads, sharing the boreal forest with endangered Siberian ibex, argali sheep, red deer and musk deer. Conservation policies threaten indigenous reindeer herders in Mongolia 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z New introductions are planned this fall in the Aspe valley closer to the Atlantic ocean, while next year officials will attempt to diversify the genetic pool by adding ibex from other areas. Ibex population thrives in French Pyrenees a century after being wiped out 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Olvera’s other research projects take him out of town, to study mainly chamois in the Pyrenees and Iberian ibex – ungulates, like the wild boar. Boar wars: how wild hogs are trashing European cities 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z While some of the ibexes look on, the rest of the family are carefully navigating a rocky cliff, apparently in pursuit of a kid who is stuck. Spot the mountain goats: Cool photo captures camouflaged Ibex herd in Israel's Negev desert 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Centuries of intensive hunting reduced Alpine ibex numbers to just a few hundred in one area of northern Italy. Hunters of rare Alpine ibex stir wildlife row 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “There used to be ibex, markhor goats, other wildlife,” said Hameed, 49. Hungry, drought-stricken corner of Pakistan is a land where 'humans don't have water to drink' 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Nearly half the stomach contents were identified as the body fat of an ibex, a wild goat that still lives in the Alps. Ancient ‘Iceman’ shows signs of a well-balanced last meal 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Fat residues, which DNA indicates came from red deer and ibex, made up about 50% of the total undigested food in his stomach, the team writes today in Current Biology. The ‘Iceman’s’ last meal was a high-fat feast 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z To demonstrate his case for instinct, Marcus showed a slide of baby ibexes descending a cliff. How researchers are teaching AI to learn like a child 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z But in the late 20th Century the numbers recovered - especially in Switzerland - through controlled reintroductions of ibex from Italy. Hunters of rare Alpine ibex stir wildlife row 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Decades ago, conservationists moved some ibexes, a type of wild goat, from the Middle East to mate with a dwindling population in what was then Czechoslovakia. Arctic Foxes on a Swedish Mountain Turned ‘Blue.’ It Was a Good Thing. 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The zoo’s Nubian ibex, typically found in the mountains of the Middle East, were identified as the source of the disease, which develops from a herpes virus usually carried asymptomatically. L.A. Zoo euthanizes herd of Nubian ibex due to highly contagious virus 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Los Angeles Zoo euthanizes its seven Nubian ibex goats due to incurable infectious disease that threatened to spread to other species. 5 California Things to Know for Today 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The ancient carvings date back about 8,000 to 9,000 years and depict hunters using dogs to overwhelm prey such as gazelles and ibex before they fired killing blows with bows and arrows. Rock Carvings of Ancient Dogs Getting Taught New Tricks 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The European Environment Agency classes the ibex's status in those regions as "unfavourable-inadequate" - meaning the numbers are not critical, but significant long-term conservation measures are needed. Hunters of rare Alpine ibex stir wildlife row 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The extinct Pyrenean ibex subspecies was brought back using tissue from the last known individual for under ten minutes in 2003, before suffocating due a lung defect. Undoing extinction – let's talk about the mammophant in the room 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z A few Neanderthals cooked the ibex they had hunted and the mussels and nuts they had foraged and then, after dinner, made some tools around the fire. Neanderthals Were People, Too 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z A baby ibex on a precipitous cliff edge. The seven deadly things we’re doing to trash the planet (and human life with it) | John Vidal 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Alpine ibex males fight for hierarchy in Italy's Gran Paradiso National Park. Bizarre Horns of the Animal Kingdom The Alpine ibex, a species of wild goat, is iconic in the Alps. Hunters of rare Alpine ibex stir wildlife row 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z It was an ibex, though in profile it looked like a slightly disreputable unicorn. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Although ibex conservation faces many threats, including loss of habitat to tourism and hunting, the most significant are outbreaks of the fatal disease, sarcoptic mange. Threatened mountain goat gets help from the skies - BBC News 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Most of them are animals - woolly rhinos, mammoths, lions and bears intermingle with horses, aurochs and ibex. Vast replica recreates prehistoric Chauvet cave - BBC News 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z These projects include the reintroduction and the protection of such endangered wild animals as bears, lynxes, aurochs, ibex, chamois, wild horses, vultures and beaver. Bears, Lynxes, Wild Horses and Wolves Return to Europe It was only thanks to the conservation efforts in Italy's Gran Paradiso National Park, in the Aosta Valley, that the Alpine ibex survived at all after centuries of hunting. Hunters of rare Alpine ibex stir wildlife row 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z It’s known that he had brown eyes, that he was afflicted with fleas, that the last thing he ate was ibex. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Populations of Spanish ibex are being hit by a deadly disease. Threatened mountain goat gets help from the skies - BBC News 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Hwang is also working to persuade the Spanish government to let him clone the rare Spanish ibex, using the Korean black goat as a surrogate. For $100,000, You Can Clone Your Dog 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Through this period the ibex population tracked snowfall very closely - as winters got milder, more animals survived and the population rose. My family and other ibex 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Lynx, golden jackals, European bison, moose, Alpine ibex and even wolverines have also rebounded, according to a recent study commissioned by Rewilding Europe. Opinion: Pastoral Icon or Woolly Menace? 2014-01-24T22:40:48Z Then they implanted the eggs into surrogates - hybrids between Spanish ibex and domestic goats. Fresh effort to clone extinct animal 2013-11-22T11:49:01Z "The illness first produces a rise in the body temperature of the ibex," he says. Threatened mountain goat gets help from the skies - BBC News 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Another time, they were asked to craft protective rubber sheaths for the horns of an ibex after it had gored a baboon. If the Lizards Look at Home, Credit Months of Zoo Labor 2013-07-16T02:16:34Z It was animals from this park that ibex were reintroduced across Europe from Switzerland to Slovenia. My family and other ibex 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z While the baby ibex died of respiratory failure within 10 minutes of its birth—a common problem in early cloning efforts—the de-extinction movement was officially born. Expiration Fate: Can "De-Extinction" Bring Back Lost Species? 2013-03-31T14:15:02.717Z But first they would rather apply the technique to endangered or extinct animals, like the Pyrenean ibex known as the bucardo or the Asian wild cattle called the banteng. Efforts to Resuscitate Extinct Species May Spawn a New Era of the Hybrid 2013-03-26T16:45:00.393Z Scientists coaxed a clone of an extinct ibex from Spain to birth from a special hybrid goat. Will We Kill Off Today's Animals If We Revive Extinct Ones? 2013-03-19T15:45:04.213Z The Iceman of the Alps ate ibex meat shortly before dying... Doctor to the mummies 2013-01-28T22:29:15Z Scientists had preserved and frozen samples of that ibex before it went extinct. Is It Possible To Clone A Neanderthal? 2013-01-20T16:19:07Z It was swung in by David Cotterill and met by Jones, leaping like an alpine ibex, headed his side to victory. Football League: your thoughts 2013-01-12T19:36:29Z This new species was isolated from Alpine ibexes in zoos and from a wild Rocky Mountain goat. Livestock bacteria are as old as the livestock they kill 2012-05-14T12:45:00.247Z Antelopes, fierce beasts with horns that have something of the ibex, show by their great claws, their lion tails, and their boar muzzles and tusks that they are midway between the hart and the monster. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The walls were adorned with the trophies of the chase: heads of elk, markhor, ibex, haartebeest and waterbuck; great lions and snarling tigers; mouflon from Cyprus, and the white leopard of the Himalayas. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Of those, seven resulted in pregnancies and one ibex was born. Is It Possible To Clone A Neanderthal? 2013-01-20T16:19:07Z In a journey of three months and a half the only animals seen were a bear and cubs, a boar, some small ibex, a blue hare, and some jackals. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z They hunt the ibex and shoot the francolin and the bustard, and make soup of them. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Here, on an isolated mountain, detached from the adjoining sierras, and affording neither the refuge of snow-fields nor jungle, the mother-wit of a segregated band of ibex managed to discover a sanctuary scarcely less secure. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The ibex belongs to the Carpathians, the Pyrenees, and the Savoy Alps, though it is now but rarely found in places where it was once abundant. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z In that isolated spot, thirteen thousand feet above the sea, he had lived for eighteen months, solacing his solitude by stalking the wily ibex. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The roof is decorated with a number of ibex horns. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z In the right hand this figure holds a small 43 ibex against his breast. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The Spanish Peninsula can boast an ibex peculiar to itself, a noble beast not to be found elsewhere than on Iberian soil. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z As soon as I got well, I started off for the real mountains, hoping especially to get ibex and markhoor. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z The mountain sheep, as I said, bears a great likeness to the ibex. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Among the Wakhan population in Afghanistan, snow leopards overwhelmingly stick to a diet of ibex, Marco Polo sheep and other natural prey. Basics: Peeking Inside a Forbidding Kingdom 2011-07-25T20:04:39Z Almost roughly he dragged Jack Awdas into the little entrance lobby, where, under a couple of mounted ibex heads, a carved oak chest was piled up with khaki caps, gloves, and British warms. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z These in the Alpine ibex run more or less straight around, encircling the horn in front roughly like steps in a ladder: while in Capra hispanica they run obliquely in a spiral ascent. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Soon after this I began to suffer from fever, and I had to work very hard indeed, as I was now on the ibex ground. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Now and then we killed an antelope, and Tiger brought in one evening a mountain sheep, an animal exactly like the ibex, which lives in large flocks in these mountains. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z He peopled the hills with anything they had a mind to slay—thar, ibex, or markhor, and bear by Elisha's allowance. Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z The horse, elk, ox, ibex, and the chamois, formed a considerable part of their food. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z The ibex of these higher sierras never descend to the level where pines, high brushwood, or indeed any covert can grow. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Five days later I got two ibex, which at a distance we had mistaken for markhoor. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Last year, Spanish scientists used cloning to successfully recreate an ibex that disappeared in 2000, and in Poland another group is trying to clone the aurochs using DNA from bone and teeth samples. 2010-02-12T04:25:00Z The wild animals include bear, boar, chamois, fallow red and roe deer, gazelle, hyena, ibex, jackal, leopard, lynx, moufflon, panther, wild sheep and wolf. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" In the Yemen mountains the wal, a wild goat with massive horns, similar to the Kashmir ibex, is found; monkeys also abound. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" But ibex also exist on mountain-ranges of much lesser elevations, and there their habits differ widely. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The ibex is almost exactly the same as the European animal of that name. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z The ibex is found in the Sinaitic peninsula and the hills between the Nile and the Red Sea, and the mouflon, or maned sheep, is occasionally seen in the same regions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Only the ibex wanders from crag to crag. The Golden Age in Transylvania The same species is found in the Caucasus and Mount Taurus, and is distinct from the ibex or bouquetin of the Alps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" To us Granada has rather been merely a "base of operations" whence the ibex and lammergeyer might conveniently be studied or pursued. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z For several days, though I saw ibex, I was unable to get near them. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z These are all found in connection with the bones of the elk, ibex, aurochs, and reindeer. History of Human Society They had obtained dogs and guides from the village at the foot of the cataracts and had had good sport among the ibex which abounded in the rocky hills. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt The difficulty of the chase is further increased by the fact that the ibex is an animal of remarkable powers of endurance, and is capable of abstaining from food or water for a considerable time. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly But it was not till a whole week had elapsed that we had the ibex really in our power. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Until noon I saw nothing; then several flocks of ibex came in sight, one of them of eleven big bucks. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Like the ibex of Europe, it is only met with on the loftiest summits of the mountains, upon peaks and cliffs inaccessible to almost every other quadruped—the mountain sheep alone excepted. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The meat consisted of beef and goose, ibex, gazelle, and oryx; for although large flocks of sheep were kept for their wool, the flesh was not eaten by the Egyptians. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt Among these are the famed ibex and the large wild sheep known as the Ovis ammon. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains At one period—the climax of the storm—if a hundred ibex or wolves had filed past the writer's post, his fingers were too benumbed by exposure to have handled the rifle. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The ibex fears the lion, the dove dreads the hawk, the eye shrinks from the sun, and I can see you yet only through terror and blazing light. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt A frieze of lions devouring ibexes and deer, and incised with great artistic skill, runs round the neck, while the eagle crest of Lagash adorns the globular part. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" There was another Eastern chap wanted an ibex, which he said was found up in these mountains. Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales As Straightshaft watched the second day, chamois and ibexes played on the hills. The Later Cave-Men The first beat next morning was again blank, no ibex being seen; but a second, though covering a much smaller area, enclosed a band of eleven. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z I’m tired of living like an Alpine ibex, all day long above the snow-line. The Prairie Mother "No ibex?" asked Stent in a voice a little forced. Barbarians He had heard about the ibex and wanted a pair. Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales I have seen them several times, and the ibex too, more to the south, on the Italian slope.” The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps The young ibex are born in April, and soon learn to follow their dams—graceful little creatures, like brown lambs, easily captured if the mother is shot, but not otherwise. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z There is also an ibex in Siberia; and still another in the Pyrenees. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys They have a thing out here, too, called an ibex. Barbarians "And do you know," chuckled Mary, "Bill sat down and gave up spelling the word—and he doesn't know how to spell 'ibex' yet!" Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace But the fertility of David's time is gone, and the precious streams nourish only a jungle haunted by leopard and ibex. The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms The hunters frequently capture the young ibex—it is sometimes given as an excuse for killing the dam—yet they rarely survive long in captivity, and never mate with the domestic goat. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z We were interested, too, in seeing men making sticks out of ibex horns. Southern Arabia Mentioning big game," he remarked presently, "I started to tell you about the ibex, Jim. Barbarians They had been halting to gaze at the ibex, and all such pauses in their journey were utilised for letting Hamed get well on ahead with his slow charge. Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor They were about to assault an enemy, and that enemy was no other than the ibex. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The form of the horns in the domestic goat is essentially different; they are much flatter, thinner, and not a quarter as large as those of the wild ibex. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Up in the higher parts of this range there are a great number of ibex, several of which fell to Captain Smyth's rifle, but we did not care much for the flesh. Southern Arabia The snow limit lies just above us; the ibex should pass here at dawn on their way back to the peak. Barbarians The only remarkable creature is the mouflon, a species of sheep, resembling that almost extinct animal the bouquetin or ibex of the Alps. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads Before proceeding to work, however, it was deemed prudent to secure against a hungry day by curing the flesh of the brace of ibex. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Here, in Gredos, and also in the Andalucian sierras, it has not hitherto been our good fortune to fall in with ibex where a stalk was even remotely possible. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The servants had plenty to do preserving antelopes and ibex heads, and burning charcoal and washing. Southern Arabia "Did you get an ibex?" inquired Brown, sharpening his pencil and glancing out across the valley at a cloud which had suddenly formed there. Barbarians In one of your letters you mention the Scind ibex, which is a wild goat. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Could it be the cry of the conquering ibex—his slogan of triumph? The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Hence the presence of this pair of civil guards signifies nothing less than security to the isolated ibex of the Riscos; their withdrawal would be the signal for extermination within a few years. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z "All the ibex had been shot off by the English garrison for miles round." The Four Feathers The man who stalks and kills an ibex has nothing more to learn about stalking. Barbarians I confess I had thought the ibex of these parts to be identical with C. Sibirica. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon At the first glance he pronounced it an ibex; although he had never seen a living ibex before. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" As the circumstances of the ibex here vary from those already described, we now add some details of campaigns on these Mediterranean ranges. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The weather had been good, ibex and antelope plentiful. The Four Feathers Anyway, his dad had a shooting where there were chamois, reh, hirsch, and the king of all Alpine big game—ibex. Barbarians Like all the ibex tribe, the ægagrus is extremely shy and wary at ordinary times, though, as in the case with many other animals, they may be easily approached during the rutting season. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Except just after changing their coats, when they are of a greyish hue, the general colour of the ibex is a dirty yellowish brown. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Few will do so who have once attempted to seek out and stalk the wild ibex—or it may be only bad luck. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Another talked to him, too, of his first ibex shot in the Khor Baraka, and of antelope stalked in the mountains northward of Suakin. The Four Feathers Only a moment ago I was speaking to Brown about you—of our wonderful ibex hunt! Barbarians The crunching of the dry grass as I moved attracted the notice of the ibex, and suddenly he looked back and up towards me. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon It ceased to be a solitary individual: for while they were gazing at it another ibex made its appearance upon the cliff, advancing towards the one first seen. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" This was the Riscos de Valderejo, and on its heights there roamed, we were told, a good band of ibex, including some machos of the first rank. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z In the last century these woods were tenanted by wild aurochs and the ibex, but both are extinct now in Hungary. Round About the Carpathians "I have followed some few ibex, Mr. Brown," replied the young man modestly. Barbarians Occasionally, in very remote and secluded places, the ibex will stay all day on their feeding grounds, but this is not common. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon After a moment or two had passed, the ibex appeared to recover self-possession; and then he, rearing up, struck out with his horns. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The ibex are relatively very scarce, scattered sparsely over vast areas, and rarely to be seen on the move during daylight. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Brave soldier ibex stalks before the mountain fortress high, And watches eagerly to note a stranger passing by. Animal Children The Friends of the Forest and the Plain He liked to be considered a person of importance, and he wanted the conversation to get back to ibex. The Half-Hearted As I lately remarked in another publication, I know of no other animal of which the quest calls forth the combined characteristics of the ibex, the stag and the tiger-hunter. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The sudden attack made by such strange enemies seemed to have completely disconcerted the ibex; and it remained as if still under the paralysis of fear. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Such, in outline, are the habits of the ibex of the higher sierras. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z We remained at Khagan for two or three days in the hope of being able to shoot an ibex, but we were disappointed; we never even saw one. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Captain Thwaite has gone off after ibex, and though I think he will be back to-morrow, I am afraid he will be too late for my dance. The Half-Hearted The male tahr is about the same size as the ibex, but rather more heavily made. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon In another instant the ibex was in mid-air—falling—falling—through that same fearful space that had just been traversed by his own victim. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Here the ibex cannot, of course, disdain the shelter of the scrub, and even frequent the forests at much lower elevations. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z On the coast of Karamania the ibex is to be found in considerable quantities; the red-legged partridge and the francolin are also very abundant, and give capital sport. Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Abundance of wild sheep’s heads are preserved about all the sanctified buildings, together with a few of those of the ibex, and fewer of the wild goat. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Our domestic goat is supposed to have descended from the ibex, but certainly some of our Indian varieties may claim descent from the markhor. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon As the ibex kept its ground, without showing any signs of retreating, or even moving a muscle of its body, they remained watching it. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The following are the maximum dimensions of the heads of male ibex, measured by the authors—all from the central and south-Spanish sierras. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z I saw several ibex heads nailed up over the doors of houses. War in the Garden of Eden The chamois, the ibex, the red deer, the Virginia deer, the wapiti, the gour, or the royal tiger may be the game in hand. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 The tahr is a fine-looking beast, although his horns are small, and he cannot compare with his majestic relatives, the ibex and the markhor. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon In this movement the spectators recognised the exact mode of combat practised by common goats; for just in the same fashion does the ibex exhibit his prowess. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Along all the elevated cordillera of Central Spain, the ibex find a congenial home: but their chosen stronghold is in the extensive Sierra de Gredos. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The ibexes, markhors, tahr and all the wild sheep eventually will be shot out by sportsmen who are "sheep crazy." Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Large tracts were preserved for him for ibex and moufflon on the mountains, and antelope on the plains, and the hawking of duck or partridge on by-days. Persia Revisited I had disturbed a buck ibex accidentally one morning, and, after watching him a long distance with the glass, observed him to take up a position and commence the vigilant process previously mentioned. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The striking appearance of the ibex is chiefly owing to the noble horns: which nature has bestowed upon it. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" In form and build, the ibex represents the very perfection of combined power and action—if physical adaptation counts in the struggle for the "survival of the fittest," the wild goat need hardly fear extinction. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The ibex of the south help out the compensatory damages, but even with that, the list of species available in southern Tibet is painfully small. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation If the pursuit of markhor and ibex is contemplated, a small-bore rifle will be required, but a heavy express is wanted to stop a bear. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil Captain Trotter mentions in a foot-note that these sheep, as well as ibex, abound in these hills in such large quantities that they form the principal food of the garrisons of the outposts. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Karl had scarcely finished speaking, when, as if to illustrate still further the habits of the ibex, a curious incident occurred to the animal upon, which their eyes were fixed. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The smell of a dead ibex is specially strong and unpleasant—an old male stinks far worse than a vulture; yet little or no trace of this remains after cooking. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z In Europe, it is practiced on everything from Scotch grouse to Italian ibex. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Ahmed Bot agreed with me in the main, but did not feel at all sure about the tigers—he proposed ibex. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil Although an excessively wary animal, the ibex is usually found on such broken ground that, if due care be taken, it is not very difficult to obtain a shot. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Though it could not have been understood by the imperilled ibex, it had the effect of startling him from his dreamy attitude, and causing him to look around. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Into these they retreated: and from them, no power of ours could dislodge the ibex, though among the slanting canchos on the western flank our intrepid rock-climbers despatched a couple of slouching wolves. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z By their locations, these seem to provide for all the species of big game that are found in Kashmir,—the ibex, two forms of markhor, the tahr. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation There were household utensils, wearing apparel, weapons, musical instruments, sarcophagi, and mummies of men, women, and cats, ibexes, and other creatures. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates I approached from above, the wind all right, and the ibex reposing comfortably in fancied security. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Our adventurers had entered into no discussion of this subject on observing the descent of the ibex. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" In one tremendous clam-shaped gorge, an ibex and a wild pig were both on foot at once! Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The open season on "ibex," of which one per year may be killed, may as well be continued. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The Himalayan varieties of the markhor and ibex are abundant in Kafiristan. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 When suddenly alarmed the males gives a loud shrill whistle, like the ibex. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon “Our dinner!” shouted Caspar, gleefully, as the “thump” of the falling ibex sounded in their ears. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The rain, fog, and gale continuing, sporting operations were interrupted, and a fine male ibex, shot the night before, was lost, it being no longer possible to follow the trail. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z One myth per year is not an extravagant bag for any intelligent hunter; and it seems that the "ibex" will not down. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The "wild goats of the rock," described in the chapter just quoted, are supposed to be the same as the ibex or bouquetin. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time There is game, ibex and leopard, in these mountains; but the traveller, unless a man of leisure, must not expect to shoot or even to sight it. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 The victorious ibex was still standing conspicuously upon the cliff. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The horns of the female ibex are weak and comparatively short—only some six or seven inches in length, not unlike those of the chamois, but not so sharply hooked. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z But like the ibex, and some other animals which man has ceased to hunt, because he fancies that he has killed them all, they seem inclined to reappear. Prose Idylls, New and Old Bear and hyena are found in the southern districts, and the leopard, wolf, ibex, and tiger-cat exist in other parts of the country. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán The original of our goat is supposed to be the Persian ibex. Concerning Animals and Other Matters There are few animals, if any, that excel the ibex in endurance and agility.’” The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" These ibex were quite inaccessible, and though daily seen, nearly a week had passed away ere a wild-goat gave us a chance. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z There was an episode which had occurred two days later when Shere Ali was stalking an ibex on the hillside. The Broken Road The ibex could not see him up there. Snake and Sword A Novel At any rate, it was an ibex of some species, as its horns plainly show. Concerning Animals and Other Matters Why the bearcoot was thus retaining the ibex in his clutch was not quite so clear: for the animal was evidently dead; and apparently had been so long before reaching the earth. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Presently, from the heights above, rang out three or four reports in quick succession—the upward-bound contingent of ibex were running the gauntlet of our driving-line. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z All the subjects of the chase were sculptured on the monuments with great spirit and fidelity, especially the stag, the ibex, the porcupine, the wolf, the hare, the lion, the fox, and the giraffe. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements In his rubber-soled khaki-coloured shoes he could almost run, but it was a question whether a drink of cold water would not be worth more than all the ibexes in the world. Snake and Sword A Novel Twice during the summer was I told of the presence in the mountains, by men who thought they had seen them, of the mythical ibex. American Big Game in Its Haunts Like the Alp-climbing ibex of Europe, our mountaineer is said to plunge headlong down the faces of sheer precipices, and alight on his big horns. The Mountains of California By sheer force of reasoning power and sagacity, the ibex had found a retreat as secure as the mer de glace of Almanzor. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The hunter of the Alpine ibex—can he be other than picturesque? Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 It must be the top of the curve of one of the horns of the ibex and the animal must be lying down…. Snake and Sword A Novel They are very light in color, much more so than their cousins found higher up in the mountains, and locally they are called ibex, or white goats. American Big Game in Its Haunts In comparison with any sheep, goat, ibex, markhor and even deer hunting, it must be rather mild sport. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations No ibex, however, appeared here to us expectant. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Round about the walls hung a few paintings and photographs, intermingled with the stuffed heads of animals slain in the chase, notably that of a great ibex with magnificent horns. The Whirlpool Surely his luck was changing, for here he was, within fifty yards of a stone behind which lay an unsuspecting ibex with a world's-record head. Snake and Sword A Novel You might have asked Dawson whether ibex, marmot, etc., etc., were carried from mountain to mountain in Europe on floating ice; and whether musk ox got to England on icebergs? More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 White Mountain Goat.—I never have had any opportunity to study at length, in the wilds, the mental traits of the markhors, ibexes, gorals or serows. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Though, as regards venison, this day's operations proved fruitless, yet it remains memorable for the magnificent spectacle afforded of the wild ibex on his native heights. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z I don't see that there is any comparison between a true story of adventure and the preposterous tales which you invent about ibex hanging by their horns. Maiwa's Revenge In the ibex the beard is not developed during the summer, and is so small at other times that it may be called rudimentary. The Descent of Man It is called by some the argali, by others the ibex, though differing from both of these animals. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains I reached those steeple-rocks on the second ridge just in the nick of time to meet the three ibex ascending on the other side. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Both in Andalucia and the Castiles we have followed some of the longest and most severe days' work in search of ibex, but without success. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z "But I don't think that it was so good as mine about the ibex—it hasn't the same finish." Maiwa's Revenge Had he, as was probable, succeeded in shooting an ibex, it was natural that with such a burden he would find himself unable to return in the short winter's day. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z I had not gained the pass two minutes when the ibex crossed in front, travelling slowly over a patch of snow, where I shot the largest of the three at about eighty paces distant. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z These two ibex were both eight-year old males, and their horns measured, respectively:— No. 1.—Length, Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z During these hours of meditation I began more clearly to understand one, at least, of the raisons d'�tre for that remarkable acuteness of smell which is attributed to the ibex. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He told us a most miraculous story of how he once went shooting ibex in Kashmir. Maiwa's Revenge Few are venturesome enough to brave the dangers and hard work that the pursuit of ibex in winter must entail. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Hence the earlier part of the book is more concerned with natural history—though the pursuit of ibex and bustard may be followed in spring; while the latter half is more exclusively devoted to sport. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The beasts of chase in the Peninsula are the red, roe, and fallow deer; the Spanish ibex and chamois; wild boars, and bears of two varieties, the wolf and Spanish lynx. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z That morning there were two—both large ibex, with very long horns, as long as a man's arms. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z These ibex, according to Good, he stalked early and late for four entire days. Maiwa's Revenge How they manage to sustain life on these barren snow-clad heights in winter—since they never descend to the lower levels—passes understanding; but the case of the ibex is no less inexplicable. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Then, crawling to the verge of some fearful abyss, the hunter commands the depths below, and, if he descry ibex, is enabled to approach without the warning of the wind. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Mr. Packe's statement that he saw two on a misty morning in the Sierra Nevada probably arose from the similarity in size and form of the horns of the young or female ibex. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z |
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