{"id":603,"date":"2011-02-08T19:04:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T19:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=603"},"modified":"2011-02-10T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T10:49:13","slug":"lo-stambecco-che-sale-per-il-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/lo-stambecco-che-sale-per-il-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Lo stambecco che sale per il sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, I know it’s a bit of a strange title! Let’s see if this little blog will explain its meaning.<\/font><\/p>\n

Lo stambecco<\/strong> – plural gli stambecchi<\/strong> – (ibex) is a species of mountain goat which is well known for its prodigious climbing abilities.<\/font> See these pages:<\/font>http:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capra_ibex<\/a>  <\/font>http:\/\/www.parchionline.it\/stambecco.htm<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

The Stambecco’s usual habitat is le pareti rocciose<\/strong> (the rocky walls) high up in the mountains above the tree line. Its diet consists of up to 15kg of erba<\/strong> (grass) a day, plus rametti di larice e altre conifere, ginepro, muschi e licheni<\/strong> (small branches of larch and other conifers, juniper, moss and lichen). In the spring it searches for sali minerali<\/strong> (mineral salts) which it gathers by licking rocks.<\/font><\/p>\n

Recently gli stambecchi have found a convinient new source for salt: the almost sheer face of la diga del lago Cingino<\/strong> (the Cingino lake dam) which is situated at 2,250 meters above sea level in the Parco Naturale della Valle Antrona<\/strong>, in Piemonte.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Yes, those little dots on the wall of the dam really are stambecchi!<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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The crafty stambecchi have discovered that the rocks with which the dam is constructed exude abundant quantities of mineral salts. Riescono a scalare il muro della diga grazie agli zoccoli larghi ed elastici che fanno presa come una tenaglia nelle fessure della roccia<\/strong> (They are able to climb the dam wall thanks to their large elastic hooves which grip like pincers in the fissures between the rocks).<\/font><\/p>\n

Try a search on the internet using the keywords ‘stambecchi’ and ‘video’, and you will discover quite a few videos which demonstrate their amazing abilities.<\/font><\/p>\n

So, back to the title ‘Lo stambecco che sale per il sale’ <\/strong>… would anyone care to translate?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Yes, I know it’s a bit of a strange title! Let’s see if this little blog will explain its meaning. Lo stambecco – plural gli stambecchi – (ibex) is a species of mountain goat which is well known for its prodigious climbing abilities. See these pages:http:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capra_ibex  http:\/\/www.parchionline.it\/stambecco.htm The Stambecco’s usual habitat is le pareti rocciose…<\/p>\n

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