Yak is a herd animal found in the mountains of Asia. They gather in herds from 5 yaks to 50 yaks. The herd consists mostly of yak females. There are only a few wild yaks left in the yak population, with the yak population decreasing day by day. Yak is used to pull heavy machines and transport loads through mountains. Male yak can grow up to 2 meters, but female yak can grow up to 1/3 the size of male yak. All yaks have long hair to keep them warm. Yak belongs to the cow family and is an American buffalo and an Asian buffalo. The yak breed in September and after the gestation period the female yak gives birth to a single yak calf. Yak is about 20 years old.
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The yak has long hair to keep them warm. The special thing about yaks is they can be used in the mountains to pull heavyweights. Yaks are normally friendly animals. The tongue of the yak is rough, making it well to remove rocks and thaw.
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1) Yak can survive as a temperature below -40 degrees.
2) Yak has firms, dense horns that they use to break through the ice to get plants buried under them.
3) Yak has a dense undercoat covered with outer hair which is usually dark brown.
4) At night and in the icy winds they will protect themselves from the cold by hugging them with their calves.
5) The main natural predator of the wild yak is the wolf, but leopards and brown bears have also been reported to hunt yak.
Food:-
Yaks are vegetarians, they eat grass, herbs, wildflowers, moss, and lichen. They eat grasses such as Carex and Kobresia.
Specialty: -
The yak has long hair to keep them warm. The special thing about yaks is they can be used in the mountains to pull heavyweights. Yaks are normally friendly animals. The tongue of the yak is rough, making it well to remove rocks and thaw.
Fact: -
1) Yak can survive as a temperature below -40 degrees.
2) Yak has firms, dense horns that they use to break through the ice to get plants buried under them.
3) Yak has a dense undercoat covered with outer hair which is usually dark brown.
4) At night and in the icy winds they will protect themselves from the cold by hugging them with their calves.
5) The main natural predator of the wild yak is the wolf, but leopards and brown bears have also been reported to hunt yak.
Food:-
Yaks are vegetarians, they eat grass, herbs, wildflowers, moss, and lichen. They eat grasses such as Carex and Kobresia.
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