Rupicapra rupicara

Posted by gabriel (Bucharest, Romania) on 9 August 2007 in Animal & Insect.

That's the name of this kind of species ... also known as "Black Goat" because of the black stripe on her back and the fact that in the winter time it changes her furr to black.
Beautiful creature with a great sense of smell and amazing hearing making the photo-taking very difficult.
This animal lives at over 2000 m and likes the steep edges of the mountain and has an amazing speed over very difficult areas where a man would easily fall, also another fact to make it even harder to take photos of them.
But it worths all the effort....very beautiful creatures ..... and because they are so rare in sight they are protected by the laws in Romania being on the List of Protected Species. This shot was taken in "Bucegi Mountains Natural Reservation" at almost 2300 m alt. on a quiet warm evening.
Hope to enjoy the next ones as well.