PICTURES OF YAKS: My Visit To A Yak Ranch With Pictures (Granite, Colorado)

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YAK PICTURES! My Visit To a Yak Ranch in Granite, Colorado - January 2006

Yaks! Don't you just love the phonetics of the word yak? :)

Last week I visited a yak rancher in Granite, Colorado (His Web site: www.haydengulchyak.us) who generously allowed me to roam throughout his ranch. Check out these yaks!

Now from what I was told, yaks are bovines, and they are native animals of the high-altitude region of Tibet, China. They're fairly quick and nimble animals (sort of like llamas), definitely smarter than cows, and have horns, overall body physique and fur of buffaloes. These yaks did not seem dangerous or threatening, although they did seem to buck heads with each other to establish the "pecking order" of their yakness. There are supposedly only a few thousand yaks in the entire United States too.

The lighting on the morning of my visit was poor, but I at least got a few decent shots of these lovely yaks. Enjoy!

Love, Steve :)

Pictures of the Yaks ...

Awwwwwww! How cute!
This yak gave me those puppy eyes because he wanted me to give him a treat! :p)

Aren't yaks funky animals?
I love yaks! :)

Special thanks to Gene in Granite, Colorado for allowing me to visit and photograph his yaks. He has a passionate love for these yaks of his.

Here are a few of my other animal-related pictorials:
Buffalo Ranch
Farm Animals
Denver Aquarium
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (Col. Sps, CO)
Llamas
Phil's Dog "Ithaca"

And look! This is yak food! They look like wooden pegs, but they're actually compacted oats. Yaks eat this stuff like crazy! :)