ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 10月16日 11時34分

Photo by Prasenjeet Yadav @prasen.yadav / A villager in northern India's Spiti Valley brings his yak home from open pasture. The yak is a long-haired, domesticated bovid found in Asia. For a major part of the year, they are free ranging, but are secured and brought back to the villages just after the winter to support farming and to collect their undercoat hair. Each summer, yaks shed their downy undercoat, and the locals comb out and process the soft, cashmere-like fiber. The courser outer hair makes its way into rope, tents, and even theatrical wigs, while the yak's coat becomes bags and boots. This animal has a special place in the local communities, and plays a crucial role in helping them survive in these harsh conditions. Its physiology is well adapted to high altitudes, with a slightly larger heart and lungs than cattle found at lower altitudes as well as a greater capacity for transporting oxygen through their blood (a typical high-altitude adaptation). Follow me @prasen.yadav for more photos from India.

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