The battle for the horns of the Nubia chamois

The male chamois clung to each other during the war to attract the attention of the chamois on the Judea desert.

Picture 1 of The battle for the horns of the Nubia chamois
Son Duong Nubia must fight if she wants to mate with her children.(Photo: AFP).

Nubia chamois herds were recorded while engrossed in pitted in the Ein Gedi nature reserve near the Dead Sea in Israel on March 24, according to Long Room. The wars are constantly erupting in this pairing season of the animal when the children are ready to reproduce the most.

Son Duong Nubia lives on high mountain ranges in Israel, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and many other countries in North Africa. This is an endangered species with 1,200 individuals left in the wild. Males fight to gain reproductive rights with the children they want by confronting and hooking horns together.

After winning, male chamois mate with their partner for about 30 minutes. This animal attracted much attention when appearing in the Planet Earth program by English naturalist David Attenborough.