Animals With Big Long Horns

And they belong to the kudu.

Animals with big long horns. Their gracefully curved horns along with their lithe body never ceases to amaze even the most stoic of audiences. A majority of a rhinoceross horn is made of keratin the same protein that makes up our hair and fingernails. Only the bulls have horns so its easy to distinguish male kudu from female kudu.

The mouflon is often coined to be the father of all modern-day domestic sheep. Kudu males known as bulls are also easily recognised by their impressive horns. Both male and female Ibex have long horns that curve backwards with the male horns measuring 3 feet in length and the females being slightly smaller and slimmer.

All male mouflons have horns but some female mouflons do. Also during the breeding season males fight for access to females and use their long horns in agonistic behaviours. Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspecies of Ovis canadensis one of which is endangered.

They are descendants of the first cattle introduced in the New World brought by explorer Christopher Columbus and the Spanish colonists. Jan 21 2013 - Explore Pic Wars board Animals with horns followed by 238 people on Pinterest. Sheep originally crossed to North America over the Bering Land Bridge from Siberia.

The walrus is the only other animal with big tusks although narwhals have a single long horn protruding from their forehead. This is a species of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the European Alps. They feed on insects small invertebrates small birds mammals and reptiles and desert turtles go on the menu too sometimes.

The sheep typically weigh up to 143 kg. It is named for its large horns. A pair of horns might weigh up to 14 kg.