Using moves that would make any rock climber jealous, these death-defying goats expertly scale the nearly vertical dam.

Photographer Paolo Seimandi, 34, captured the exciting moment when a herd of bison decided to climb a brick wall in Granп Paradiso National Park in Northern Italy.

And they don’t do it just to show off – it’s thought the goats are actually grazing, licking the compartments for salts and minerals.

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Heading for the heights: These incredible images show the moment a herd of mootaiп goats climbed to the top of an almost vertical dam in search of salt

Determined: Photographer Paolo Seimandi, 34, captured the incredible moment a herd of alpine herds climbed a dam in Granп Paradiso National Park in Northern Italy

Gravity-defying goats often live in very steep and rocky terrain at altitudes from υp to 4,600m and are not afraid of falling whether climbing up or down the dam wall.

Previously, alpine goats were limited to the Gran Paradiso National Park and the Marien Valley in the French Alps, but in recent years they have been spotted in Germany, Switzerland and Australia as well as Bulgaria and Slovakia.

For most of the year, males and females occupy different habitats – females tend to stick to steep terrain and males to lowland grasslands.

But when the sparrows appear both sexes, which are herbivores, move to steep rocky slopes to avoid the sparrows.

Highly skilled: Gravity-defying goats often live in very steep and rocky terrain at altitudes from υp to 4,600m and are not afraid of falling whether climbing up or down the dam wall

The goats aren’t doing it to show off – the goats are actually grazing, licking the compartments for salts and minerals