Photo by Frank Wouters (Wikicommons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIt looks like I am going to end today’s Wild Fact on a bad note.\u00a0 I know, I am such a party pooper.\u00a0\u00a0 According to population estimates there are only about 2500 of these animals found throughout remote areas of the mountains in Asia.\u00a0 This is probably why they are listed as an endangered species.\u00a0 So what caused this population decline?\u00a0 Now I don’t want to shock you but it is habitat destruction through deforestation that is having such a massive impact on these majestic animals.\u00a0 I know, I was surprised to hear that habitat loss was the reason.\u00a0 That almost never happens (I know sarcasm can be difficult to pick up in writing so please note that I was being very sarcastic while writing this).<\/p>\n
That does it for the Markhor.\u00a0 See all of you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Welcome to the Wednesday edition of Wild Facts.\u00a0 I can’t believe it is already the middle of the week.\u00a0 As they say, time flies when you are having fun.\u00a0 They also say that it is always good practice to learn about goats on a Wednesday.\u00a0 Okay, so maybe they don’t say that but they should.\u00a0 I am sure you have clued in that we are going to be talking about a wild goat species called the Markhor.\u00a0 These furry goats are native to the mountains of western and central Asia. You really can’t miss the Markhor since they are one <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,696,1349,1348,1350,1277,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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