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greenland - Ikkafjord - moskus oks

Here we saw the very special animans moskus ox or mingmak

It was surprising to find out that their closest relativ in the fauna is goat, and I was told that it can be found playing like jumping in and out of the willow bushes

We could not get closer tha maybe 100 meters before they fled.

Moskux is important part of the Greenlandish hunt. The meet for food and the wool the most expensive I have ever seen, and the softest wool too. As the Greenlanders use everything of their preys, the horns and bones are also used to make figures as tupilacs and other souvenirs

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskox

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Uploaded on September 30, 2023
Taken on August 24, 2023