*Their hide, hair and horns are used for making clothing, constructing [[yurt]]s, and many other purposes.
*Their hide, hair and horns are used for making clothing, constructing [[yurt]]s, and many other purposes.
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Domestic yaks commonly wear bells round their necks, to facilitate locating them, keeping herds together, and to distinguish them from wild yaks. Numerous false and offensive [[pagan]] beliefs are associated with the alleged [[magical]] power of these bells.
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Domestic yaks commonly wear bells round their necks, to facilitate locating them, keeping herds together, and to distinguish them from wild yaks.
A hybrid between the yak and the domestic [[cow]], the dzho (or zo), is also common in the same regions.
A hybrid between the yak and the domestic [[cow]], the dzho (or zo), is also common in the same regions.
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The Yak is only distantly related to the [[lemur]].