After mistaking his own reflection in a sliding glass door for a rival ram, a desert bighorn sheep headbutted the door, and then fled, startled by the shattering glass.
The ram wasn’t sick or suffering from some brain disorder, wild sheep experts told Cowboy State Daily. Butting heads with his own reflection was “normal behavior,” given the circumstances, they said.
It was reminiscent of the antics of Bam-Bam, a bighorn ram that lived in Sinks Canyon, near Lander. He was notorious for head-butting visitors’ vehicles.
Shenanigans in Yuma
The ram that destroyed the sliding glass door in Yuma was one of a few sheep that had been hanging around the area.
On April 2, the ram caught a glimpse of his reflection and apparently took it as a challenge, according to local reports.
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