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Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) nanny and kid on edge of alpine meadow in the Beartooth Mountains near the Wyoming/Montana border. The nanny is shedding her heavy winter coat of fur to a new "summer weight" fur coat which will grow long again for the next winter.
©Tom & Pat Leeson
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