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YAKS
Yaks The domestic Yak has been developed from the wild Yak, several hundred of which still exist in remote areas of the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent highlands of China. Here the wild Yaks ... the shoulder but the females are much smaller. Wild Yaks are dark brown in colour with a grey ... generally rare in other parts of the world. Domesticated Yaks are often cross-bred with other cattle, producing strong ...
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Yaks
AD) 1. Tame yaks. 2. Wild yaks. 3. A yak caravan in the Himalayas. Tame yaks "To be in the saddle, on that ... yaks by the horns, which in all wild cattle project forward beyond the muzzle, but in all tame yaks, buffalo and other cattle do not. Wild yaks The domestic yaks ... tents, taking tame yaks, goats and sheep along with them, and rode little ponies to hunt the highly dangerous wild yaks. In ...
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Pilgrimage in Tibet
Himalayas. First went the yaks with their burdens, setting forth at midnight and grazing along the way ... saw the wildlife of the Himalayan steppes: vast herds of drongs or wild yaks, so many that when they put their heads down and all ... The kyangs or wild asses of the steppe could also be seen by the thousand. They lived in smaller herds than the yaks: each herd ...
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The Mountain Institute - New Hope for Tibetan Dropkas (QCP/Tibet)
F); and a particularly fierce snowstorm can devastate the herders who rely totally on their yaks for survival. The l village has a small community school; but once children are old ... , the fences prevent the wild gazelles and other wildlife from eating the fodder; and when the harsh winter arrives, the villagers have much-needed food for their yaks. Shishabangma translates as â ...
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2 YAK BREEDS
However, there are many attributes in common between wild and domestic yak; broadly speaking, they share a similar environment ... yak in Qinghai). Moreover, the semen from the wild yak and semi-wild yak bulls have been extensively used with the intention ... manner to the yak in various parts of the former USSR: "Yaks bred in Kirgizia are considerably larger than those in Tajikistan." ...
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Mountain Adventures
Himalayan Expedition After "watching" two yaks plow a large field high up on Mount Makalu, students ... how they can be doing so much work at this elevation. Yaks are specially adapted to mountain life. They have larger lungs ... mining? Encourage them to be creative and let their imaginations run wild during this time. At the end of the unit, students ...
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Mountain Adventures
A few minutes later you see why-yaks are coming down the hillside with sacks of wool, meat, salt, medicinal ... some horses are tied. Then, the women who were walking with the yaks begin to unload items and pile them into packs hanging from the ... because they are loaded down with tons of water, leaves, wood, and wild plants! At 9,843 feet (3,000 meters) you've reached ...
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Where the wild things are
Rwanda (photo by Alton Byers) Mountains are home to many wild things -- endangered animals, medicinal plants, or ancient trees. Mountains are ... a high mountain -- that's where you'll find snow leopards, yaks, llamas and mountain goats. If you just love to explore the ... ? Try these links: Snow Leopards in the Wild Watch the first close-up video of wild snow leopards, just filmed by the Snow Leopard ...
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China Adventure Travel - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Where Next: Costa Rica Where Next: Morocco Where Next: Greek Islands Wild Roads: Pennsylvania Paris Underground Secret California Wild Caribbean Best of the Southwest Adventure Travel Spring Weekend Getaways Where ... Costas Christ The Guided Tour WHY GO: With jagged peaks piercing the clouds, woolly yaks grazing fertile valleys, and Buddhist monks tending sacred temples, the Chinese government didn't ...
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San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Wild Cattle
Syncerus sp., bantengs Bos javanicus, gaurs Bos gaurus, yaks Bos grunniens, bison Bison sp., and all domestic cattle. Both male and female wild cattle species have horns, but the bull’s ( ... Wild and domestic Humans have been using cattle species such as dairy cows, yaks, and oxen for thousands of years. These domesticated animals are descendants of wild cattle such as bantengs, gaur, yaks, and ...
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