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Yaks seen running across the slopes of the Ladakh Range. Though these higher reaches area are apart of Ladakh range yet people mistakenly it as the Himalayan Range. Found in Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, the Yak is the most important species for highlanders in these areas. In Ladakh, it faces one of the harshest environments. It feeds on grass with leaf blades barely an inch long at high altitudes in the summer, descending to lower ranges in the winter. An excellent pack animal for snow-bound areas - its cup-shaped hooves create a vacuum, allowing it to walk easily on ice - the yak can cover 25-30 km per day, carrying loads up to 125-150 kg. Yak herders collect the animals from their owners in different villages, and take them to the grazing grounds, where they li
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