Musk Oxen

Template:Infobox Musk Oxen are a type of ox. They are named for the strong, musky smell the males produce. They are usually considered too large to hunt, but some bears in the Seekers series have learned how to hunt them by hunting in large groups.

History

Seekers: The Original series

The Last Wilderness

They are hunted in The Last Wilderness by Toklo and Kallik. Toklo and Kallik plan to scare the musk ox so the other bear can catch it. They are so large, that it took both Toklo and Kallik to kill it.

Spirits in the Stars

When Ujurak, Toklo, Lusa and Kallik are travelling to Star Island, they see musk oxen. They were very large, so the four bears all worked together to catch it, with Lusa and Ujurak roaring to scare it, and Kallik and Toklo attacking it and killing it.

The four bears teach the bears of Star Island how to hunt musk oxen when the bears can't eat seals, as they are sick. The bears are initially suprised, as they had never thought of hunting the large animals, or even hunting in groups. The bears all work together and succeed in catching it. Tunerq says that the musk oxen will feed all of the bears.

Toward the end of the book, Ujurak become a musk ox to save his friends from an avalanche but after the avalanche Ujurak dies.