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A herd of musk oxen hunkers down to wait out a snowstorm. When the weather gets foul, their strategy is to stay and cope. Unlike Arctic caribou, musk oxen do not migrate seasonally. Instead, their squat, woolly bodies limit heat loss, even when temperatures plunge below -40°F (-40°C).
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- Title: MUSK OX
- Creator: AMNH
- Location: Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History
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