This ‘Ice Age’ Beast Still Roams Alaska?!

[00:00:00]I spent years flying Alaska's wilderness as a search and rescue pilot and its animals never stopped inspiring me. I am looking at a shaggy tank on snow boots that literally outlived the woolly mammoth. And it's still here in Alaska.

[00:00:16]The musk ox, this prehistoric [music] powerhouse, survived the ice age. But here's the thing most people don't know, those massive curved horns not the real superpower. I am talking about something way more incredible hiding under all that fur. And I'm about to show you the survival secret that kept these animals alive for 10,000 years while everything else went extinct. All right, check this out. The musk ox has an [music] undercoat called qiviut that's up to eight times warmer than sheep's wool and it's so lightweight it practically floats. When spring hits, they shed this stuff like they're taking off a winter sweater.

[00:01:01]But here's where it gets wild.

[00:01:04]When wolves attack, the herd forms this defensive circle rumps in, horns out like the ice age Avengers assembling for battle. I mean, you've got to respect an animal that's been using the same game plan since [music] saber-toothed cats were around.

[00:01:23]Want to see this fur fortress in action during a real Arctic storm? Stay tuned.