Day: September 8, 2011

Postcards from Alaska: Wild and Woolly at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer

Jenn
September 8, 2011
Musk Ox Farm
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Female musk ox at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska, live an average of 20 years while males have a shorter lifespan of 15. Why? Not because females are heartier and healthier but one can say the males are more “bullheaded.” Males, called bulls, typically die from brain damage due to all the headbutting […]