Learning to live with musk oxen

https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-2/wildlife-learning-to-live-with-musk-oxen/

by deletionist • 2 years ago

60 22 2 years ago

Great read!!!

gadders4• 2 years ago

Reminds me of the wolves vote in Colorado. Rural locations (which will actually come into contact with wolves) voted against but were outvoted by the more populous urban locations (who probably won't encounter a wolf).

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2023/1211/Denver-voted...

anemoiac2• 2 years ago

Major difference is that musk oxen are essentially an invasive species, whereas wolves play a critical role in the surrounding ecosystem. Look into the impact of Wolf reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park if you're curious about that role.

istjohn• 2 years ago

No, as the article describes, musk oxen are native to Alaska, only disappearing in the 1800s.

gadders4• 2 years ago

>wolves play a critical role in the surrounding ecosystem

So do hunters.

tokai• 2 years ago

Lower educated rural folks think about the issue emotionally instead of realistic. Its the same everywhere.

sevagh2• 2 years ago

"I don't want to be attacked by wolves" is a valid desire, neither unrealistic nor emotional.

gadders4• 2 years ago

Haha. I think it's the other way round. City Dwellers who will never set foot in the countryside vote based on emotional attachment to animals.

The rural folks will have far more understanding of wolves than the city folks.

KingOfCoders• 2 years ago

Some years ago in my poetry book I wrote a poem about them (in German)

  Auf dem Fjell
  Suche ich jeden Tag
  Den mächtigen Moschusochsen
  Im Fernglas zeigen sich nur Elche
  Dann habe ich dich gefunden
  Auf einem Foto

cozzyd• 2 years ago

Well at least they're sorta tasty?

Learning to live with musk oxen

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