10 Animals With The Biggest Horns

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15 Animals With The Biggest Horns
Over millennia, herbivores have developed ways to defend themselves from hungry predators. The most
effective of which are probably horns and antlers; big and sharp enough to pierce through skin a flesh.
And when it comes to horns, the bigger the better.
Today we’ll be talking about the biggest horns in the animal kingdom. Number one is epic so make sure
you stay tuned for that.
Let’s begin shall we?

15. The Mouflon
The Mouflon is a type of wild sheep that you can find in both Asia and Europe. Mouflon usually live in
open forested areas on the steep mountains sides as well as mountain meadows.
Male mouflons have large and beautiful curved horns, and these horns grow throughout their entire life
so you can imagine how big these horns can get, especially on the older males. On average though, they
grow to around 33 inches.
They use their large horns to fight with other mouflons to attract and impress the females. What’s really
fascinating is that larger horns guarantee a higher position and greater dominance. Female mouflons
also have horns, but very small in size while some other females don’t have horns at all.

14. The Ankole Longhorn
Also known as the Ankole-Watusi, the Ankole Longhorn is a modern American breed of domestic cattle
famous for their ginormous horns at great size and length. How long you might ask? Their horns can
actually grow up to 6 feet long. Yes, from end to end, their horns are longer than the average sized man
is tall.
They use their horns primarily for defense, and those horns are also helpful in regulating their internal
body temperature. There are blood vessels inside the horns that help with circulation and cool them
down when temperatures get too hot.

13. Moose
As the largest member of the deer family, moose are breathtaking creatures to come across in the wild.
What they’re best known for are their incredible antlers, which can grow as large as six feet in length
and weigh up to forty pounds.
Antlers mainly serve as a display of a bull moose’s stature and strength during the fall mating season.
Usually, younger and weaker males can be easily scared and fended off by a rival with a bigger rack, so
there’s often no need to use them as a weapon.

In some situations, two bull moose with similar size racks will face off against each other, locking their
antlers together to fight for a female. They take this fight very seriously, sometimes even to the death.
In fact, a pair of moose were found near the Bering sea with their antlers locked together in battle. The
two fell into a river where they froze, still locked in battle.

12. The Alpine Ibex
The Alpine Ibex, also known as the Capra Ibex, is a wild goat species that love living in rocky regions
along the snowline above alpine forests. They are the wild mountain goats that have huge back-curving
horns on both males and females, a rarity since large horns are usually a male only thing.
Their primary defense from predators is fleeing to inaccessible rocky cliffs. If that doesn’t work, their
horns make for pretty good weapons. Their predators are mainly wolves, bears, foxes, and lynxes while
smaller ones are attacked by birds like eagles.
Males live in bachelor herds composed of 10 to 20 individuals. Females also live in female only herds.
The male and female herds only join together during mating season, and that’s it. As for their
population, they were practically extinct since the beginning of the 19th century due to the hunting,
their horns being a sought after trophy for hunters. They were declared a protected species so their
numbers, even though note even remotely being close to healthy, is steadily increasing.
11. The Caribou
Caribou are famous for their antlers, but not because they are big. Don’t get me wrong, their antlers are
huge, with some measuring over 4 feet in length, but the amazing thing is that they can reach those
sizes in just a matter of weeks.
You see, they lose and regrow their antlers annually. Caribou grow their antlers at a rate of up to 2.5cm
per day. As a result, male caribou can actually draw calcium from parts of their existing bone structure,
such as their ribs. They start growing every spring, growing from to permanent stumps of bone on their
heads called pedicles.