Imagine you're on vacation in... oh, I don't know... Italy. You're going sightseeing one day, and you pass the great Cingino dam.You're marvelling at it's architecture. The old world charm in the beautiful stone. The high, nearly vertical walls of it's side... and it's... it's specks of... GOAT?!?! Yes that's right, the Cingino dam in Italy, has frequent furry friends visit on a daily basis.
Take a look at this article, which contains pictures of the damn, as well as a video showing the goats climbing the wall of the damn!
Now remember, this is an almost vertical, 160 foot rock wall. Yet, these Alpine Ibex goats are casually climbing it, grazing on it, and just generally having a good old time on it. These goats are no stranger to steep climbs either, as they usually live on mountains at elevations upwards of 4600 metres. They are on the dam's wall because of the abundance of salt present on the rocky surface. So, they climb up the wall during the day, lick the rocks up and down, and then leave when they please.
It's a good life for a goat.
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