Goats are closely related to sheep. The Himalayan Ibex has impressive horns. The grown males can have horns up to 60 inches long. The females' horns are much shorter. Both male and female Ibexes are a member of the goat family, genus capra.
Ibexes live in parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa and make their homes in various mountain ranges.
There is also an Alpine Ibex that lives in the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain. All species of Ibexes, even the babies, can leap and jump over rocks and cliffs. Our class is learning about butterflies. We hatched Monarchs and a Luna Moth in our classroom. But in the winter the Monarch migrates to Mexico, while the Luna moth dies after laying eggs for the next spring.