Synopsis
The spectacular sight of mountain goats defying gravity on a vertical dam wall in Italy.
- Programme: Forces of Nature with Brian Cox
- Episode: 03: The Moth and the Flame
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2016
- Biology | Ecology | Adaptations, interdependence and competition | Adaptations
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