It’s been a long time coming — but after a great deal of deliberation and several hours-long, intensely-focused Google Image Search sessions, I’m pleased to announce that mountain goats are my new favorite animal.

[Note: I have positively no idea what my previous favorite animal was.]

Break out the Louis Roederer Cristal Brut, pop the cork, and slowly pour it into the long flowing coat of Jasper, the Official Mountain Goat of blog.josephx.com, where all August is “Epic Mountain Goat Image Month.”