Little Big Horn

Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy...
Desert Big Horn in Zion National Park in May

There are three sub-species of bighorn sheep... more

by Donna Kennedy

Title

Little Big Horn

Artist

Donna Kennedy

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy...
Desert Big Horn in Zion National Park in May

There are three sub-species of bighorn sheep in Utah. They are the Rocky Mountain bighorn, California bighorn and desert bighorn. They earned the bighorn name for the massive horns grown by the males of the species. Horns grow throughout life and reach maximum size at 8 to 10 years of age. Females also have horns about the size of yearling males.
Both male (ram) and female (ewe) bighorns grow horns but those of the rams are much more impressive than those grown by the ewes. The horns continue to grow throughout the life of the sheep and are not shed.
Bighorn sheep are native to Utah. Early native American artwork shows that wild sheep were well known to the prehistoric inhabitants of Utah. Bighorns are depicted in pictographs and petroglyphs more than any other form of wildlife.
Bighorns are sure footed and even lambs can climb near vertical slopes within days of being born.

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May 26th, 2015