Home > Chamois

As a mountain dweller, the chamois is excellently adapted to living in rugged, rocky terrain. Its climbing abilities are only surpassed by the Alpine Ibex. A fully grown chamois reaches a height of about 75 cm (2.5 feet) and weighs about 50 kg (110 lbs). Both males and females have short horns which are slightly curled backwards. In summer, the chamois' fur has a rich brown color which turns to a light grey in winter. Distinct characteristics are a white face with pronounced black stripes below the eyes, a white backside and a black dorsal strip. Chamois can reach an age of up to 20 years.

Female chamois and their kids live in herds; grown-up males tend to live solitary for most of the year. During rut season (late November/early December), males seek out female herds and engage in fierce fights with each other. After a gestation period of 20 weeks, a single kid is born. The kid is fully grown at an age of three years. It is rumored that in farming areas, male chamois will occasionally mate with goats and produce sterile hybridThis article is about a biological term. See hybrid (disambiguation) for other meanings. In biology, hybrid has two meanings. The first meaning is either the offspring of two different species, or of two different genera. The second meaning of "hybrid" iss, but no such event has ever been scientifically recorded.

Due to their tasty meat, chamois are popular gameGame is any animal hunted for food. The type and range of animals hunted for food varies in different parts of the world. This will be influenced by climate, animal diversity, local taste and locally accepted view about what can, or can not, be legitimate animals; the tuft of hair from the back of the neck is traditionally used as a " gamsbartThe gamsbart (literally chamois beard is a tuft of hair traditionally worn as a decoration on hats in the alpine countries of Europe. Originally worn as a hunting trophy and made exclusively from hair from the chamois's lower neck, gamsbarts are today man" (literally chamois beard), a decoration commonly worn on hats throughout the alpine countries. Chamois leather was originally used to create "shammy" leather pads that are often used for car cleaning; today, shammy pads are made from a wide variety of different animal skins. Similarly, chamois leather was also used to make padding for cycling shorts , to minimize chaffing and for easier cleaning for anti-bacterial reasons. However, most cycling shorts today are also made from synthetic material.

The GermanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union. name for the Chamois is Gemse (or Gemsbock for the male animal); in EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil usage, the term gemsbokThe Gemsbok or gemsbuck ''Oryx gazella is a large African Oryx antelope. The name is derived from the German name of the male chamois, Gemsbock . Although there are some superficial similarities in appearance (especially in the colour of the face area), t is often misapplied to a species of sub- SaharaThe Sahara is the world's largest desert, over 3,500,000 sq mi (9,065,000 sq km), located in northern Africa and is 2. 5 million years old. The whole land area of United States of America would fit inside it. Its name Sahara is the Arabic translation of tn antelope of the genus Oryx.