Darlene Cardinal slammed her brakes in order to stop herself from crashing into a wild muskox last month. It was a rare event for someone who lives in Fort Chipewyan, Alta.
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A muskox (Ovibos moschatus) seen farther inland than usual during mating season.
This is the second sighting of muskox in the Middle Kuskokwim, which is outside their known range.
No one in Chuathbaluk has ever seen Musk-ox this far inland before.
Thirty-two musk oxen carcasses were found March 15 by scientists who had been studying them. The animals were dead and entombed in ice. The belief is that the musk oxen either drowned during a February thaw or became trapped in water and died after it froze.
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