The shipment of animals from Moscow also included two yaks, five cockatoos and dozens of pheasants as well as mandarin ducks, Kozlov's office said.

But you can also find cheese made with milk from other animals like sheep, goats and even water buffalo and yak.

In addition to blood proteins, the cauldrons also contained traces of milk, particularly from domestic cattle and yaks.

Kusi leads wild yak research for the program in Nepal, where the animal was once thought extinct.

An old blacksmith struggled to hoist a small anvil onto a yak.