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Male and female wild yaks spend their time mostly in separate herds. Females and the young usually stay in large herds, while male yaks are found alone or in small herds.

The lifespan of a yak is typically around 25 years.

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Yaks are bovids - cloven feet ruminants. They are distributed throughout the Himalayan region. The domesticated ones are fine, but wild yak are quite vulnerable, with one subspecies having only 170 animals left.

People generally use yak milk to make butter to make butter tea for hydration and nutrition. The yaks are also reared for their meat, fur and as beasts of burden

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Tibetans only uses Yaks for male species, while female species are know as dri or nak. But Yaks (in the English language) refers to both genders

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Yaks are ox-like mammals. They can be found in Tibet, China, Central Asia and Mongolia. Yaks have horns that protect them from their predators. Yaks also use their horns to shovel snow to find food during the winter. They are covered with thick and wool-like fur. Currently, Yaks are endangered animals due to unlawful hunting

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Characteristics:

-Large Horns curve out sideways then up from the head

-Long Shaggy Hair

-Humped Shoulder

-Long Tail with Bushy Lower Half

Behaviour:

-most time grazing on grass

-active during the day

Uses:

-hair use for making woolen items such as blanket and clothing

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The Yak was originally domesticated in Tibet thousands of years ago and has supplied the indigenous people of these mountainous regions with most of their daily needs including meat, milk, butter, cheese, wool, fiber, leather, fuel, and packing/trekking/travel requirements, adding to the health and longevity of these people.

Their meat may be the healthiest meat we can possibly eat, better for your heart and for your health even than skinless chicken, buffalo, elk, or any other meat. Yak meat is naturally very low in fat (95% or less), cholesterol, saturated fats, and calories; while also being very high in protein, stearic acid and oleic acids

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Yaks are a member of the Bovidae family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals. Found throughout the Himalayan region and as far as Mongolia and Russia.

Mostly 2 types domesticated and wild.

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Yak is an ox-like animal

There are 5 different colors of yak found in the US.

Black Yak, Imperial Yak, Trim Yak, Royal yak, Golden yaks

Yak wool is odour resistant

Yaks are herbivores (plant-eaters). They graze grass, lichens, moss and eat tubers

Like humans, pregnancy lasts 9 months, and ends with one baby

Mother takes care of the baby until it reaches the age of one year. The young animal will become independent after that.

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Long haired bovid

Found throughout the Himalaya region of southern Central Asia

Herd animals (herds can contain several hundred individuals with more female than male)

Products from Yak

- milk products for consumption

- meat for consumption

- bone made into exquisite handicraft

- hair used for making ropes

Yak racing is a form of entertainment in parts of Tibet

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Yaks are mainly found in Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas. There are two species of yaks; domesticated and wild. They are also close relative of buffalo and bison. Yaks are herbivores and like to hang out in herds. Interestingly, wild yaks have thick furs to survive temperature of -40 degrees. However, their conservation status is currently being threatened due to excessive hunting, because of the great value in their fur, fatty milk, meat and dung.

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Yaks (Poephagus grunniens or Bos grunniens) are herbivores that are regarded as one of the world's most remarkable creatures as it is able to withstand and thrive in the extremely harsh conditions while at the same time able to provide a livelihood for its people.

Origin

Fossil evidence suggests yak were extensively distributed in north-eastern Eurasia in the late Tertiary period (2.5 million years ago).

Some observations:

Before the wild yak became known as Li, it was called Zhong in the Tibetan language and Zuo by the ancient Chinese in central China.

Excessive hunting of wild yak for food drove them from the plateau areas into mountainous areas at even higher altitudes.

Wild yak prefer to live in herds of tens or even hundreds of animals.

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Yaks are animals are long-haired to keep them warm and can be found throughout Himalayas. They have firm dense horn to help them break through the snow for plants buried underneath. Their horns are also used as a defence against predators such as the Tibetan wolves. They belong to the same cow family as buffaloes and bison. Like cows, they also have more than one stomach. They are herbivorous, and their diet consists of grass herbs and flowers. In parts of Tibet, they are also used for sports such as yaks racing as part of their culture.

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- A long haired cloven-hoofed mammal

- Found throughout the Himalaya region of southern Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and Mongolia and Russia

- Well-adapted to high altitudes, having larger lungs and heart than cattle found at lower altitudes, as well as greater capacity for transporting oxygen through their blood

- Do not thrive at lower altitudes,and begin to suffer from heat exhaustion above about 15 °C (59 °F).

- Adapted to the cold, having a thick layer of subcutaneous fat, and an almost complete lack of functional sweat glands.

- Able to consume great quantities of food at a time, and ferment food longer so as to extract more nutrients.Yak consume the equivalent of 1% of their body weight daily while cattle require 3% to maintain condition.

- Yak's wool is naturally odour resistant

- Yak's milk is often processed to a cheese called chhurpi.

- Their dried droppings are an important fuel used all over Tibet.

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Yak is an animal with buffalo humped shoulders, handlebar horns, horse-like tail, and a long hairy skirt reaching almost to the ground.

Yaks can be found on the Himalayan Mountains of Tibet. The mountain is on an elevation of 14000ft. A wild yak cannot live below 12000ft for any amount of time.

The Yaks serve the  indigenous people on the mountain with their daily needs such as food, travelling needs, wool and any more.

The Yaks communicate through head shakes, grunts and snorts.

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Yaks are relatives of cattles and could be found in central Asia, mostly in region of the Himalayas. Unlike cattles which thrive in lower altitudes, yaks thrive in higher altitudes.

There are both wild and domesticated yaks. They are mostly domesticated for their milk, and labour. They are observant and suspicious of strangers, making the herds easy to keep.

Yaks are also valuable assets. A groom would normally give at least 2 yaks to the bride's family while asking for her hand in Marriage.

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Yak is large animal, an close relative of buffalo and bison. Yak are very valuable because of their fur, fatty milk, meat and dung which can be used as fuel. Yak long, bushy tails can be used to produce fake beards in certain Chinese theaters. There is two types of Yak - domesticated & wild. Wild Yak are able to survive in extreme cold -40 degree celsius due to longer fur. Can be found at Himalaya region of southern Central Asia.