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Musk Ox Farm

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Domesticating a Thousand Pound Musk Ox

Because its wool is so valuable, the farm founder had this idea that musk ox might eventually be a good way for rura alaskan families to help support themselves. Mark says it took thousands of years for cows to become truly domesticated. So how do you go about domesticating a thousand pound musk ox? You start when they're much, much smaller. They also give all the muscots ndidual names, and each year there's a theme.

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