The first time I learnt about this animal's name was when I was playing Scrabble in secondary school. I didn't know what it looks like but I know it looks like a cow, from the definitely. This is yak, a different cattle species found in the Himalayas.

Five Ket things about Yak

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Looks like oppa in AVATAR Hope say he no Dey bend air sha

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Yak is basically the Himalayan version of a cow that decided to grow a full winter coat and never take it off.

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Mount Everest

Yes, that’s the Yak.

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No be Appa for 'The Avatar' be this 😀😀😀😀😀

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What a scary beast! The fact it is domesticated makes it more scary.

Yes, they are domesticated and can live for up to 27 years in captivity.

@Ksound22 I seem to recall the 100% yak could not be tamed, but they were mated with cattle for domestication... @grok can tell us

Pure domestic yaks (Bos grunniens) have been fully tamed for millennia. Genetic studies date domestication to ~7300 years ago, with clear selection for tameness-related genes. Wild yaks stay wild and wary. Hybrids with cattle (dzo/dzomo) appeared later for better milk yield and mid-altitude use; many domestic yaks carry minor cattle ancestry, but pure ones remain widespread and fully domesticated.

@arojinle1 @Ksound22 was this drink called thumpa?

No standard Himalayan drink is called thumpa. The one matching your description—mildly alcoholic, served in bamboo vessels—is tongba (sometimes tumba), a fermented finger-millet brew from eastern Nepal/Sikkim, sipped through a straw. Yak milk more typically becomes yogurt, buttermilk or butter tea; true alcoholic versions from it are rarer and usually distilled.

@arojinle1 @Ksound22 sounds right.... consumed by us as hardy schoolboys at Sandakphu 1970 as we started towards the Kachenjunga Base Camp

@arojinle1 @Ksound22 Glad it matches your memory. Tongba (millet brew in bamboo, sipped hot through a straw) is still the classic warmer on the Singalila Ridge. Impressive schoolboy trek from Sandakphu toward Kanchenjunga base camp in 1970—those views must have been unforgettable.

@thebigchampwins Humans will be extinct if these animals can organize themselves like us. One thousand of these beasts at top speed will definitely level Bódìjà in 3 hours.

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Same energy as learning ‘zebra’ from Scrabble and still picturing a striped horse for years 😂 Yaks really said ‘I’m a cow but make it Himalayan mountain tank.

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They are heavily built wild and domesticated bovines native to the high altitude region and they posses dense shaggy coats and large lungs adapted to extreme cold and low oxygen levels.

This is correct.

try a fermented mildly alcoholic yak's milk drink ...served in bamboo mugs... we were underage schoolboys but hey, the Himalayas are a different place...

Wow, how did that taste?

How fast is it?

Up to 40km/hr. Around the same speed as Usain Bolt

Appa from Water Nation.

Water nation ke?😂😂😂

@toyin459 This is where “Yak the Bull” Aiyegbeni’s name must have come from.

@toyin459 Yes it is.

Omoh! Dis one na cow grand father o

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7k horsepower

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I suppose that’s where the Toffees got the “Feed the Yak and he’ll score” chant for Yakubu Ayegbeni. That’s where I learnt it from.

It could be.

Learned about it in a 200L course, Introduction to Fisheries and Wildlife. Yak, Bison, and others. That was where I also learned that a Lion can mate more than 50 times a day 😅

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Yeah, yak are highly treasured beasts… I recall reading how historically they were traded for daughters in places like Tibet and Nepal.

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This look like "Alpha" in "Avatar: the last airbender"

Appa you mean?😂😂😂

Yes😂🤣.. Been a while since I watched the old version.

@arojinle1 There’s a new version?

@arojinle1 Yes, the old version was the first Avatar animation. I watched it around 2008 or 2009; I can't remember exactly.

Himalayas: e go good for Ileya😂

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I wonder how the meat tastes

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@Amuludun0405 One thing I know for sure is that Nigerians can’t eat this. They love themselves

@Amuludun0405 These Nigerians Abi the ones I’m not aware of? Please check the CS first😂😂

You mean Appa from Air Nation is real?

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Yak keh?? This one look like Apa oo😂😂

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Na Avatar Appa be this. Nothing wey anybody wan tell me 🤣

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Isn't it from bisons family if it ain't another breed from bison gangan?

It’s a different cow breed.

Oh cow, noted. Thanks oluko wa.

This one can go hand in hand with Elephant 💯

Not really.

It obviously looks like what’s from Himalayas.

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Yak asin Yakubu?

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2000s Epl defenders can relate ni.

Sope porrrrrr porrrrrr

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Na apa be this

No be Appa😂😂

Ehen ,okay sir 😂

Na Appa be this now

This looks more like a goat than a cow.

Lol, it’s a cow though.

This is too big to even have a predator. Chai😳

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