Bighorn Sheep

Bighorn sheep (La. "suurisarvet", sing. "suurisarvi") leap about the craggy heights of the southern-most Ered Rhívamar. They live in small herds of one to twenty females, with a single dominant ram and two or three younger males. Their only attack is to butt an opponent with the large, brown horns that curve gracefully backward and around their thick skull. They are inoffensive and avoid hostile encounters, except during the mating season when the protetive rams may charge any passers-by. (The ewes may also prove belligerent if anyone comes near to their young.)