News - Bighorn Sheep
SYRACUSE, N.Y., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pro Staffer for www.ScoutLookWeather.com and the bow hunting world's elite hunter, Tom Miranda, reached a new pinnacle this month by concluding his quest to harvest the Super Slam of big game animals with a bow.
Canadian scientists say they have completed a study that links personality, survival and reproductive success in male bighorn sheep. The researchers, led by University of Quebec at Montreal Professor Denis Reale, said their findings not only advance the knowledge of bighorn sheep, but also offer insight into personality differences in animals and humans from an evolutionary perspective. Since 1969, several teams of researchers have been studying a population of bighorn sheep in Alberta, Canada.
The team led by Denis Reale, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at UQAM and Canada Research Chair in Behavioral Ecology, recently completed a study showing the link between personality, survival and reproductive success in male bighorn sheep.
University of Alberta researcher David Coltman wrestles with bighorn mountain sheep to gauge their personalities.


