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Chiru, or Tibetan antelope, have arrived for the winter rut. |
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In the energysapping thin air, the males must try to control groups of females by constantly rounding them up and corralling them. |
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But the chiru have an advantage. |
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Their red blood cell count is twice as high as ours, sufficient to supply their muscles with oxygen even at this extreme altitude. |
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Nevertheless, it' s hard work keeping his harem in check, and the male' s life is about to get even harder. |
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Another male is gearing up to steal his females. |
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With their rapierlike horns, the males won' t risk fighting unless they really have to. |
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But if neither backs down, conflict is inevitable. |
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Some of these fights end in death. |
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While the males fence, the females look on. Injured and weakened by the battle, the loser will be an easy target |
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for the predators and scavengers that patrol the wilderness. |
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Out here there' s little room for mistakes. |
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zhǎng jiǎo líng huò jiào zàng líng yáng yǐ jīng dào le dōng jì de fā qíng qī. zài zhè yàng hào néng de xī bó kōng qì dāng zhōng, xióng xìng hái bì xū jīng cháng dì wéi zhe chéng qún de cí xìng pǎo, yǐ shǐ tā men zài zì jǐ de kòng zhì zhī xià. dàn shì zàng líng yáng yě yǒu yōu shì, tā men de hóng xuè qiú shù liàng shì wǒ men de liǎng bèi, jí shǐ zài rú cǐ gāo de wěi dù yě zú yǐ wéi tā men de jī ròu shū sòng yǎng qì. rán ér, xiǎng yào kòng zhì zhù zhè me yī dà qún jiā juàn bìng bù róng yì, shèn zhì yǒu shí xióng xìng de shēng huó huì gèng jiā jiān nán. lìng yì zhī xióng xìng chuí xián yú tā de jiā juàn men, chú fēi bī bù dé yǐ xióng xìng yì bān bú huì mào xiǎn yòng tā men jiàn yí yàng fēng lì de jiǎo bó dòu. dàn rú guǒ shuāng fāng dōu bù tuì ràng dà zhàn jiù bù kě bì miǎn. yǒu shí shèn zhì bù sǐ bù xiū. zài xióng xìng dǐ kàng de shí hòu, cí xìng jiù zài yī páng kàn zhe. xū ruò shòu shāng de shī bài zhě hěn róng yì chéng wéi zài huāng yuán shàng yóu yì de shí ròu dòng wù hé shí fǔ dòng wù de mù biāo. zài zhè lǐ shēng cún bù róng xǔ yǒu rèn hé shī wù. |