The Last Surviving Ice Age Beast: Musk Ox

This animal was the third largest beast that Europeans hunted when the continent was covered by ice and snow, after the woolly mammoth and woolly rhino. Indeed, the musk ox (Ovibos moschatus), even if not very tall due to its short feet (just 1.5 m or 5 ft), can be 410 kilos (910 pounds) heav... [ read more >> ]