Water Buffalo<\/a>, African Buffalo and of course the American Bison.\u00a0 If you look at their appearance, the Yak most closely resembles their American Bison cousins with their long fur, which is used to handle the colder climates.\u00a0 You might be thinking that there are still plenty of Yaks out there since we always see them on TV or in magazines pulling carts and being used for their meat or fur.\u00a0 Well, these are domesticated Yaks and are smaller than the wild ones.\u00a0 Let’s face it the Wild Yaks would definitely talk back if they were asked to pull a cart or to lend some meat to a hungry human.<\/p>\nI guess I am done Yakking about today’s Wild Fact. Enjoy your last day of the long weekend and I will see you back here tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I trust everyone enjoyed their long Easter Weekend and is ready for another week of Wild Facts.\u00a0 I hope that our Giant Flemish Easter Bunny was good to all of you this weekend.\u00a0 Today we are going to chat about a slightly different animal.\u00a0 In fact, we can Yak all day about this unique bovine that lives from the Himalayan region of south Central Asia all the way north through Mongolia and into Russia.\u00a0 Of course, the animal we are looking at is actually called a Yak.\u00a0 For some reason, every time I say this animal’s name, I think of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1838,1840,517,1841,4025,1837,1839,1842],"yoast_head":"\n
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