How We Found The Last Swedish Muskoxen
🇸🇪 Here is our journey to find and document the last of the Swedish Muskox.
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🔬 FURTHER READING
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Elin's thesis: https://mossyearth.cdn.prismic.io/mos...
Project report in Swedish: https://mossyearth.cdn.prismic.io/mos...
Project report (machine translated): https://mossyearth.cdn.prismic.io/mos...
Published paper: The muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in Sweden: update on a small wild population with an uncertain fate
https://polarresearch.net/index.php/p...
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💪 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS VIDEO
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Vildriket: https://vildriket.se/en/
Jonas' channel: @behindthescienceJonas
The muskox center: https://myskoxcentrum.se/start/
& the rest of Muskox 2030
Lycksele Djurpark
Swedish University of Agricultural Science
University of Toulouse
CNRS (Nacional Centre for Scientific Research) in France
SAZA (Swedish Association of Zoos and Aquarias)
Western Härjedalen Nature Conservation Association
⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Drive down
2:30 Winter Expeditions
3:20 Summer Expeditions
7:33 Day 1
12:00 Day 2
12:50 Day 3
13:50 Other expeditions
🔎 ABOUT THIS PROJECT
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The muskox is one of the few remaining large mammals that survived the last Ice Age. In Sweden, only one herd of this arctic herbivore is known to exist today. Originating from a small group that migrated from Norway in 1971, the Swedish population dwindled from 36 individuals in the 1980s to only 7 in 2010. With such few numbers and low genetic diversity, it's paramount we gather more data on this herd to prevent it from dying out. Through this project, we're supporting the organisations and people dedicated to saving Sweden's last wild muskoxen. This begins with a survey to improve our knowledge of this herd and its impact on the ecosystem to assess its potential conservation.
Read more here: https://www.mossy.earth/projects/swed...
🇸🇪 WATCH PREVIOUS VIDEO
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PART 1: • The Last Muskox in Sweden are Dying Out - ...
🎬 CREDITS
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Filming: Duarte de Zoeten and Jonas Stenstrom
Writing: Duarte de Zoeten
Editing: Duarte de Zoeten, Thomas Berry and Thomas Hikin