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What is a good name for a musk ox?

Ollie (named after the children's game “Olly olly oxen free”) Capra (a variation of the scientific name for the muskoxen subfamily) Mak (short for 'oomingmak,' the Inupiaq name for muskoxen)

pdza.org - He's a boy! Help name our muskox calf - Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

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He’s a boy! Help name our muskox calf

He head-butted some rocks. He tasted some clover. Then he galloped back down the hillside to mom. Yes, it’s official – our baby muskox calf is a boy, and now his fans get to vote on his name. (UPDATE: Voting closed 12pm July 8.) The veterinary and animal care team confirmed the sex last Friday when the calf’s mom Charlotte was finally confident enough to let them get close enough for a check-up. Working quickly to keep mom happy, they weighed the calf (a whopping 52 pounds, double his birth-weight on June 14), checked his umbilical site (healthy), listened to his heart and lungs and determined that yes, he was definitely a boy. “We’d been suspecting that for a few days, after he began some head-butting behaviors,” explained keeper Russell Pharr. “That’s a typical instinct for male muskoxen, as later they’ll have to show their dominance for breeding.” The little guy is also starting mock sparring with his mom, who “humors him and goes along with it,” Pharr says. He’s starting to graze on grass but will still get most of his nutrition from nursing for the next few months. Zoo fans got to vote on the calf’s name from a slate of keeper choices:

Trebek (muskoxen are the favorite animal of gameshow host Alex Trebek)

(muskoxen are the favorite animal of gameshow host Alex Trebek) Ollie (named after the children’s game “Olly olly oxen free”) (named after the children’s game “Olly olly oxen free”) Capra (a variation of the scientific name for the muskoxen subfamily) (a variation of the scientific name for the muskoxen subfamily) Mak (short for ‘oomingmak,’ the Inupiaq name for muskoxen)

Stay tuned for the winning name!

But the most exciting thing for the calf happened Monday, when keepers opened up the biggest Arctic Tundra area – newly babyproofed – for him and Charlotte to explore. Charlotte was keen to get back to munching her favorite clover. But for the calf, it was a whole new world of exciting, lichen-covered rocks, long grass, sloping hillsides and new views out over the Zoo. On chubby, endearingly clumsy legs he darted from rock to rock, investigating branches and running laps before coming back to Charlotte’s side to touch noses. “He appears quite healthy,” said Dr. Karen Wolf, head veterinarian. “The veterinary team has been observing him regularly and he is very active and inquisitive, investigating his environment and starting to run around and demonstrate his spunky personality.” The pair will be out in the big space every day for visitors to spot, unless they choose to spend time inside. Dad Hudson will roam the other space, while the herd matriarch Mya is spending some time behind the scenes after dental surgery.

Learn more about muskoxen here.

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nytimes.com - On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns - The New York Times

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ON a sunny Sunday just before the vernal equinox, Rich Ciotola set out to clear a pasture strewn with fallen wood. The just-thawed field was spongy, with grass sprouting under tangled branches. Late March and early April are farm-prep time here in the Berkshires, time to gear up for the growing season. But while many farms were oiling and gassing up tractors, Mr. Ciotola was setting out to prepare a pasture using a tool so old it seems almost revolutionary: a team of oxen. Standing just inside the paddock at Moon in the Pond Farm, where he works, he put a rope around Lucas and Larson, his pair of Brown Swiss steer. He led them to the 20-pound maple yoke he had bought secondhand from another ox farmer, hoisted it over their necks and led them trundling through the fence so they could begin hauling fallen logs. Mr. Ciotola, 32, is one of a number of small farmers who are turning — or rather returning — to animal labor to help with farming. Before the humble ox was relegated to the role of historical re-enactor, driven by men in period garb for child-friendly festivals like pioneer days, it was a central beast of burden. After the Civil War, many farms switched from oxen to horses. Although Amish and Mennonite communities continue to use horses, by World War II most draft animals had been supplanted by machines that allowed for ever-faster production on bigger fields. Now, as diesel prices skyrocket, some farmers who have rejected many of the past century’s advances in agriculture have found a renewed logic in draft power. Partisans argue that animals can be cheaper to board and feed than any tractor. They also run on the ultimate renewable resource: grass.

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