Both caribou and domesticated reindeer are utilized in Greenland. Caribou and musk oxen are meat and adventure. Domestication. The family got musk ox every year from 06 to 2012. Humans have been selectively breeding one herd in Alaska since the 1950s. A funny story of a stubborn musk ox that insists on using the alphabet to describe himself because no one cares about the middle letter M. Although the Musk Ox chooses to use some different words, the repetition of "A is for Musk Ox," "B is for Musk Ox," "L is for musk ox" gets tedious after awhile. Humans have domesticated musk ox. I am thinking about hunting musk ox within the next few years, but have no idea what it tastes like. The quarters we deboned and sent for sausage. The animal will likely be quite fat. Brian Lilley samples deep fried whale, seal meat and musk-ox burgers at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Lived in Nome until 2012. No, musk oxen do not make good pets. The primary reasons that people keep these animals is for their wool, milk, and meat production. The IUCN lists the musk ox as Least Concern. Is using hand sanitizer just as good as washing your hands? We would cut, wrap, and freeze ribs, back strap, hips, and a few roasts. Is it better to count on domesticated reindeer ranching or on hunting wild caribou? Anyone have gripes about the meat? 4. I'm sure its most likely just fine, I love moose, elk, deer and bison...so I like my odds. Musk ox and bison are different species entirely, they are no more likely to mate than a horse and camel. Sweet as said before. These mostly came from the main body. But Greenlanders prefer reindeer meat. We think that this species is a good indicator of the effect of rising temperatures and large swings in climate,” says expedition scientist and veterinarian Carsten Grøndahl, from Copenhagen Zoo. Musk Ox Facts and Adaptations Ovibos moschatus Previously widespread across the arctic but wiped out in many places by over-hunting. Don't turn the whole thing in to sausage. Still a funny tale with an unusual protagonist. The muskox grazes on grasses, reeds, sedges, and other ground plants, and it will dig through snow in winter to reach this food. When rain falls on top of snow and then refreezes, it forms a hard layer of ice, which the musk oxen cannot break through,” says Schmidt. At one point after days of nothing but musk ox he asked his travelling companion what they would like to eat best out of all the things in the world and the answer was "it might as well be a piece of musk ox" None of his books mention any bad flavor or ill effects from eating it, or seal, or caribou, etc. ... a Musk ox is a herbivore and there fore will not eat a Moose. The muskox (Ovibos moschatus, in Latin "musky sheep-ox"), also spelled musk ox and musk-ox (in Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ, umingmak; in Woods Cree: ᒫᖨᒨᐢ, mâthi-môs, ᒫᖨᒧᐢᑐᐢ, mâthi-mostos), is an Arctic hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae, noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted during the seasonal rut by males, from which its name derives. Very good eating. The annual Taste of the Arctic event celebrates the culture of …