A pack animal, also known as a sumpter animal or beast of burden, is an individual or type of working animal used by humans as means of transporting materials...
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Look up Pack, pack, Packs, or packs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pack or packs may refer to: Packs (band), a Canadian indie rock band Packs (album)...
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Saddlebag (section Pack animal)
Pannier-style bags are sometimes fitted over a pack saddle used for packing gear on a horse or other pack animal (often, a mule or donkey) rather than for...
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as pack animals, for animal-powered transport, the movement of people and goods. Together, these are sometimes called beasts of burden. Some animals are...
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saumalier was a pack animal driver. Sauma referred to a pack animal or the load of a pack animal. In Late Latin, sagma referred to a packsaddle. Though...
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Donkey (redirect from Ass (animal))
underdeveloped countries, where they are used principally as draught or pack animals. While working donkeys are often associated with those living at or below...
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Mule (category Pack animals)
the early twentieth century the mule was preferred to the horse as a pack animal – its skin is harder and less sensitive than that of a horse, and it...
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Animal-borne bomb attacks are the use of animals as delivery systems for explosives. The explosives are strapped to a pack animal such as a horse, mule...
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A pack saddle is any device designed to be secured on the back of a horse, mule, or other working animal so it can carry heavy loads such as luggage, firewood...
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Indian pashmina production is from these goats. They are also used as pack animals and for meat.: 369 These goats are generally domesticated and are reared...
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Alpaca (category Animal hair products)
more highly prized as livestock guardians (in place of dogs), and as a pack animal (beast-of-burden), owing to their nimble mountain-climbing abilities...
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Llama (category Pack animals)
camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the pre-Columbian era. Llamas are social animals and live with others as a herd....
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Lego Elves (section Foil Pack Animal Collectable Sets)
Lego Group released 33 toy construction sets, two polybag sets and six foil pack sets for the Lego Elves theme . The product line was discontinued in 2018...
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Dzo (redirect from Zomo (animal))
ISBN 978-0-444-52962-6. "Bataagiin Bynie: Mongolia: The Country Refort (sic!) On Animal Genetic Resources, Ulaanbaatar 2002, p. 11" (PDF). Archived from the original...
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Bactrian camel (category Pack animals)
historical region of Bactria. Domesticated Bactrian camels have served as pack animals in inner Asia since ancient times. With its tolerance for cold, drought...
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focuses on him. He is physically one of the stronger animals and is often treated as a pack animal whenever a plot calls for one. His house is regularly...
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Transport (section Animal-powered)
used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may include wagons, automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains...
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A pack station is the base of operations for transporting freight via pack animals in areas that do not allow for other forms of transportation, either...
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in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sumpter is an older term for a pack animal. Sumpter also subsequently became a surname and place name. It may refer...
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city but withdrew after suffering from fever and having to shoot his pack animal. On a second expedition in 1925, Fawcett, his son Jack, and Jack's friend...
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Tarot (redirect from Tarot pack)
(/ˈtæroʊ/, first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi or tarocks) is a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts...
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Backpacking with animals is the use of pack animals, such as a horse, llama, goat, dog, or donkey to help carry the weight of a backpackers gear during...
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Ox (redirect from Ox (animal))
Australian, and Indian English), is a bovine, trained and used as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration inhibits testosterone...
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to secure a load onto a pack-saddle placed on the back of a pack-animal, usually a horse, mule or donkey (although other animals such as llamas or alpacas...
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Dromedary (category Pack animals)
several North African tribes; it is also commonly used for riding and as a pack animal. The common name "dromedary" comes from the Old French dromedaire or...
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Oregon Trail (section Wagons and pack animals)
where the wagons were abandoned at the urging of their guides. They used pack animals for the rest of the trip to Fort Walla Walla and then floated by boat...
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A pack consists of the breeding pair and their current young. They occasionally cooperate in larger packs to hunt big game, but rarely hunt animals larger...
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Mustang (redirect from Mustang (animal))
horse as a primary means of transportation. Horses replaced the dog as a pack animal and changed Native cultures in terms of warfare, trade, and even diet—the...
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bacterial composition of the pack rat’s gut microbiome is affected by what it eats, and by association, the geography of where the animal is from. However, while...
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Water buffalo (category Pack animals)
sugarcane presses, and devices for raising water. They are widely used as pack animals, and in India and Pakistan, for heavy haulage, also. In their invasions...
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