15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Two Bighorn Sheep Sharing an Embrace

Just moments before I took this photo, these two bighorn sheep were ramming their horns against each other. Was it play? Was it fighting? When I saw them in this embrace, I knew then that they were just playing around.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Borrego Springs, California, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 80D
Copyright: © Walter Chung