I carry on with another display, this one featuring thinhorn sheep. These animals, along with other mountain sheep and goats, are superb climbers. This one depicts them in their element.
A number of specimens belong to the same mammal family, mustelidae. They are displayed together, and feature animals like weasels, minks, martens, river and sea otters, and the badger and wolverine.
The wolverine has an unfair bad reputation as a vicious animal, and has also been hampered by having its name shared by a drunken hobbit in Marvel Comics. It is a strong and formidable animal, more complicated than its reputation.
Here we have a Richardson's Ground Squirrel descending into its burrow. We'll carry on here tomorrow.
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