Musk ox, like a lot of animals in the Arctic this time of year, are in the mood for love. This is especially true for the male musk ox, who pays a rather high price for his important role in perpetuating the species. Arctic Science Journeys reporter Doug Schneider has more.
Tundra takes several half-hearted steps, and then stops.
Short and stocky, a bony plate covers their forehead and stubby horns stick out from each side. Long, shaggy brown hair drapes from a humped back all the way to the ground. They're a couch with legs and they do some very interesting things. They have the gut of a cow, head and all the armaments of an ox, the eyes of a goat, and feet that look like snowshoes. So they're a very strange animal.