{"id":21785,"date":"2022-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=21785"},"modified":"2022-11-21T10:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T09:20:17","slug":"lets-stick-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/11\/10\/lets-stick-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s stick together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif intro\">Family is everything if you want to stay alive in the Arctic wilderness <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1950\" height=\"1465\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/e9abe04d-9ea7-452a-8058-00b0737afbff-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-22186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/e9abe04d-9ea7-452a-8058-00b0737afbff-edited.jpg 1950w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/e9abe04d-9ea7-452a-8058-00b0737afbff-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/e9abe04d-9ea7-452a-8058-00b0737afbff-edited-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/e9abe04d-9ea7-452a-8058-00b0737afbff-edited-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/e9abe04d-9ea7-452a-8058-00b0737afbff-edited-1536x1154.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1950px) 100vw, 1950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\">SURPRISINGLY GENTLE AND AFFECTIONATE, this musk ox and her two calves were seen playing with one another in the Norwegian mountains. From birth, the young will stick close to their mothers for safety, and this shaggy trio almost form the silhouette of a single ox braced against the biting Arctic winds. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Wolves pose the biggest threat and if a pack approaches a herd of musk oxen, they will form a fearsome defensive circle around their infants, with their sharp horns facing outwards. When necessary, a mother will charge at a predator to scare them away.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">But in more peaceful times, winter days for this herbivorous bovine are spent pawing at the snow for grass, lichen and moss. An extremely thick coat made of outer \u2018guard\u2019 hairs and super-insulative, shorter \u2018qiviut\u2019 hairs keeps them warm. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Thankfully, these magestic relics of the last Ice Age are legally protected in Canada, as well as Alaska, Siberia and Norway, where they have been successfully reintroduced. <\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-97e43ccf-b45f-439a-99af-ef376d6b1c29 article-boxout\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>MEET THE PHOTOGRAPHER <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/Layer-0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-22189\" width=\"156\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/Layer-0.png 491w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/Layer-0-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-primary-dark-color\">\u201cIt\u2019s a miracle they\u2019ve survived\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-primary-dark-color\">\u201cClimbing up the snowy mountain to observe these musk oxen in their natural element made me feel like I was living in another age,\u201d says Israeli wildlife photographer Amit Eshel, who also creates animal-inspired jewellery. \u201cIt\u2019s a miracle that they\u2019ve survived the changes of our planet to this day \u2013 they are here to stay and must be 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