The bus startled a herd of yaks who stampeded off the road like sheep as we approached.

BBC: Following the Silk Road to the end of China

Most shepherds graze sheep, some yaks, but many also have a herd of horses left to wander the valleys throughout summer.

BBC: The way of the shepherd: Horse trekking through Kyrgyzstan

The designer, Edie Freedman, noticed that UNIX programs had these really weird names like sed and awk, which got her thinking of animals with odd names, like yaks, llamas and geckos.

FORBES: Calliope's revenge

With an email to friends and family, I started a book drive and a year later in 1999, I returned to Bahundanda to deliver on my promise, bringing with me 3, 000, books via a convoy of yaks.

FORBES: Connect