On a vertical takeoff, a young goat bounds down the mountainside as others in the typically small, matriarchal band look on. A breathtaking aptitude for controlling falls comes into play early, as the aggressive butting between young goats sends many hurtling. Ample evidence of death and injury from such flights, however, testifies that even these gifted mountaineers cannot work miracles, National Geographic, August 1978 (right)