Shoveltusk

Shoveltusk, also called shovelhorn,Shovelhorn Steak are big neutral mammals that can be found in the Howling Fjord and the Grizzly Hills in Northrend. They are easily recognizably by their large antlers and tusks. Shoveltusk have been described as being "moose-like" or as a cross between a boar and a stag.World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook, pg. ??
Sometimes one can see two stags in a fight, ramming into each other with their horns. It is also not uncommon to see worgs run up to and slaughter them.
==Background==
The powerful and ferocious shoveltusk are easily identified by the massive curved antler which protrudes from their heads and the twin sloping tusks that extend from their jaw. The moose-like beasts use their tusks primarily to dig for food, whereas the antler makes for a fearsome ramming weapon in contests to establish dominance over other males. The shoveltusk are territorial and will protect their feeding grounds with deadly force. Adventurers traveling in Northrend would be wise to avoid these cantankerous and unpredictable beasts.Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Features/Bestiary
Steaks made from shoveltusk meat are beloved by magic users, who claim it gives them just a little bit of an edge in casting their spells.
==Notable==
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==Types==
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==As a hunter pet==
Shoveltusks are tamable by hunters as part of the Oxen family, along with yaks and musken.
==Notes==
*They have been compared to the talbuks and the elekk of Nagrand, a region found in the shattered realm of Outland. 
*The skin of the and changed from white to a previously unseen brown skin in patch 4.1.0.
*They are seemingly worshipped by the wolvar, as shoveltusk shrines can be found in several wolvar villages.
*Frost Witch's Regalia, Frost Witch's Garb and Frost Witch's Battlegear, the tier 10 shaman sets, appear to be based visually on the shoveltusk.
*Twin's Pact appears to be a staff with a shoveltusk skull on it.
== Gallery ==
Image:Shoveltusk.jpg|Early concept art of a shoveltusk.
Image:Shoveltuskbestiary.jpg|"Shovel Tusk" by Red Knuckle.
Image:Howlingshoveltusk.jpg|A herd of shoveltusk in Howling Fjord.
Shoveltusk fight.jpg|Two stags fighting.
Shoveltusk shrine.jpg|A shoveltusk shrine in a wolvar village.
==See also==
* Moose
==References==
 
Category:Northrend
es:Colmipala