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Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) nanny and kids among granite boulders 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. Twins are fairly uncommon among mt. goats and one of these kids probably belongs to another nanny that is outside this photo.
©Tom & Pat Leeson
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