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wolves. Having discovered danger, the ungulates form a tight ring. Inside are weak individuals and young animals. Outside are strong bulls and cows, ready to make a chop out of the enemy. The mighty beast cannot breathe out calmly even during the short summer. The peak of the rut occurs in June and July. It all starts with the fact that the most bullish musk ox drives other males out of the herd, leaving around him a harem of 7-15 females. If someone does not agree with this situation, a fight ensues. Males disperse at a distance of 20 meters, as if in a duel. There will be no seconds, but a trumpet roar and the sound of horns will be heard, which will spread across the tundra. Before they collide, the bulls accelerate to 60 km/h. They will fight each other until one of them gives up. The winner will become a father after 8.5 months. Females give birth to one cub. There is no time to breed calf tenders in the far north - a newborn is ready to follow the herd a couple of hours after it is born. But do not think that the baby is deprived of affection and love. The child stays with his mother until he is two years old! Time passed, the climate changed, glaciers melted. But our hero stoically endured all the hardships. The musk ox remained a fragment of relict fauna - it has survived to this day in Canada and Greenland. The beast returned to Europe and Russia, to its historical lands, relatively recently, in the 20th century. The fact is that the musk ox is an extremely useful animal. It doesn’t just trample the ground, but preserves and enriches the fragile tundra ecosystem. Scientists conducted an experiment lasting 15 years. During this time, they monitored how the number of plants, mosses, lichens and fungi changed in places where the musk ox was present and where it was not. The results are amazing: where moths grazed regularly, biodiversity loss was reduced by almost 50% thanks to regular soil fertilization! So the musk ox has not only preserved itself as a species, but will also help us keep the north in a pristine and healthy state. 🏀 Hit the hoop and get an NFT gift — https://t.me/BasketbolX_bot