#muskox

I have always been inspired by these beasts. Great hulking, hairy tanks of muscle with solid curving horns and a willingness to butt heads at full sprinting speed. They are perhaps not as large as they

Since I didn't know muskox exist I had to search for more info about the ox that isn't an ox but more related to sheep and goat. If it comes to sheep I know all about it. Not my type of animal I would

More closely related to sheep and goats than oxen, the muskox originated in Eurasia, and came across the Bering Sea 100,000 to 200,000 years ago to North America. These populations are the only ones that

At the first sign of their only typical predator, the arctic wolf, muskoxen will release a powerful scent from glands just below the eye, which seems to change the animals' demeanor from normal docility

When fall comes to the Canadian arctic, the caribou begin to head south to the edges of the open tundra, where the trees can provide food and shelter during the long winter ahead. Not the muskox though;