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Bos grunniens
Large bovine with a shaggy coat. Impressive set of horns. Some individuals we saw were black and white. The fluffy tail is used a fly-whisk for ceremonial/religious functions.
Sparse grass growing on the mountainside. This place is Northpullu near Khardungla Pass, Ladakh which is 18,000 ft plus in altitude. There is a fast moving mountain stream here.
This peacefully grazing yak deliberately entered the montain stream to defecate!
Spotted on Jun 6, 2014
Submitted on Jun 16, 2014
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Bayucca I cannot be sure ...we saw many of these grazing with no humans neraby. The ones at a national park we passed had ID dart-like tags on their necks. I have shots of those as well. Then at Gurudwara Patthar Sahib very close to Leh town I saw Yaks scavenging from dust bins. These did not have tags but obviously they live close to human habitation. The one in these three photographs was at Northpullo a small base camp sort of place just after the 18,000 ft Khardungla Pass.
Wild one or domesticated? Interesting spotting!
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