Monday, February 6, 2012

Stink Week Mascot Nominee: The Musk Ox

Musk Ox - Stinky and family oriented
The term musk is defined as 'having a strong odor'.  So this is the 'having a strong odor' ox.  It's actually more like a ram than an ox, but it definitely has a strong odor.  The males are the only ones that smell bad.  They like to mark their territory and when they do, some of the pee they use gets knotted up in that think coat of theirs.  Hence the stench.  But the musk ox have this admirable habit of surrounding their young when they are threatened and that strikes right at the heart of Stink Week.  Stinky and helps kids.  A very worthy candidate for Stink Week mascot.

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