Merry Musk Ox !!!

[sk8ingmom]

 

[binny]

he he he I love Musk Ox

 

[sk8ingmom]

ME TOO!!

All we need to do is recruit a few more people and we can have an OFFICIAL musk ox fan club thread!

 

[binny]

LOL I used to think they were hideous but when I lived up in the Yukon we woul go through this preserve and got to know the guy who ran it. He came out one day and said "Robin youve got to see this!" I got to watch one being born! It was amazing they are SO cute when theyre babies and their fur is SO soft!

 

[sk8ingmom]

I think they're cool. They look like they should be in a cave painting, not walking around now.

There is a musk ox farm about 20 minutes from us. A co-op of Alaska Natives gets the quiviut from the farm and knit the best hat & scarves. I would love to have a scarf, but they start at about $150.

 

[mtblujeans]

(Showing my total ignorance) I thought they were used for their meat, I had no idea they were used for 'wool'! Interesting fact of the day!

 

[maci]

He is beautiful!

 

[binny]

Yeah I know that is the prime reason I dont have one either LOL

Theres a great shop in Whitehorse that sold them but even the small pieces were insanely priced! Of course if I had to go around and collect all of that from trees and shrubs and such I would charge a pretty penny as well


I would love to have just one peice of it though.

MT the quiviut is from the underbelly of the musk ox. As it comes off it sticks to the grasses and shrubs and people go and pick it up and make it into wool it is softer than cashmere though. Amazing stuff!

Apparently the meat is good too though I cant bear to think about that

I dont like caribou either.