How Do Bighorn Sheep Climb and Balance on Cliffs? Lesson 73

Meet the master parkour animal of the mountains: the bighorn sheep! Discover how bighorns run up steep mountains, balance on cliffs only a couple of inches wide, and find their way to safe resting places.

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• What Is a Bighorn Sheep?
• Why Do Bighorn Sheep Ram Each Other?
• Why and How Do Bighorn Sheep Balance on Cliffs?
• How Did God Design Bighorns to Live Well Through Rest?
• How Can We Follow God’s Lead When the Way Gets Tough?

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Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:

“The LORD is my shepherd;

    I have everything I need.

He lets me rest in green pastures.

    He leads me to calm water.”  Psalm 23:1-2 (NCV)

“‘​​Go up to a fertile land. But I will not go with you, because I might destroy you on the way, since you are such a stubborn people.’ When the people heard this bad news, they became very sad…” Exodus 33:3-4 (NCV)

“The LORD replied, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’” Exodus 33:14 (NIV)

Terms Learned in This Episode:

• Ewe Bighorn: Female bighorn sheep with short horns that grow to a simple curved point above their heads. 
• Ram Bighorn: Male bighorn sheep with large, thick horns curling around their face.
• Horn: A permanent part of the bighorn’s body. It has two main parts: a core made of bone, which we cannot see. Then, over that bone, there is a large sheath, or covering, made of a material called keratin. That is the part of the horn we see.
• Keratin: A type of protein that covers bighorn sheep’s horns and makes other things in nature including hair, nails, claws, scales, feathers, horns, hooves, and even the outermost layer of our skin.
• Versatile: Something that can be used for many different things.
• Cortical Bone: A very hard and strong outer layer of bone. Also called dense bone.
• Trabecular Bone: Spongy bone that is very porous.

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