00:00:00muskoxen mail stand five feet at the
00:00:05shoulder and weigh a massive 800 pounds
00:00:09aside from polar bears they are the
00:00:12largest animals that roam the Arctic
00:00:14tundra but even they are vulnerable to
00:00:19predators a pack of arctic wolves
00:00:24catches the herd set
00:00:35the musk oxen scrambled to form a
00:00:38defensive ring the adults equipped with
00:00:41long hooked horns are more than a match
00:00:44for the war but it’s not the adults the
00:00:48wolves are after the herd panics and
00:00:52runs it is a fatal mistake their lines
00:00:56broken they cannot protect their young
00:01:03the Wolves separate out a cap though
00:01:08it’s as large as the alpha male wolf the
00:01:10calf is still one against mental without
00:01:15the help of the turn the calf eventually
00:01:17succumbs to attack a few days later the
00:01:25wolf pack is on the hunt again their
00:01:28quarry as before our musk oxen the oxen
00:01:34try to run away but this time the adults
00:01:38stick close to their calf built for the
00:01:42frigid arctic musk oxen will actually
00:01:44overheat if they run for too long they
00:01:48were all around to face off against
00:01:49their pursuers the wolves try again to
00:01:55make them run
00:01:57but the attempts are half-hearted at
00:01:59best and the oxen stand their ground
00:02:03opting for easier targets the wolves
00:02:07move on leaving the tundra free for the
00:02:11musk oxen to roam again