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Blue sheep

Pseudois nayaur

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Blue Sheep - Pseudois nayaur - Overview, Bharal

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MarcFoggin
Why blue?! In certain lighting, they camouflage very well on slate-coloured rock cliffs. Their short, dense coat is slate grey in colour, sometimes with a bluish sheen.
MattAdams8128
In what way are they blue? XD. Is the pic of just males and it the females who are blue or something? :-D dead cool tho

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