What (who) is pack animal - definition
INDIVIDUAL OR TYPE OF WORKING ANIMAL USED BY HUMANS
Beasts of labor; Beast of labor; Pack animals; BEASTofBURDEN; Pack transport; Pack-animal; Sumpter animal; Sumpter mule; Sumpter-mule; Sumpter horse; Sumpter-horse; Pack Animal
![Medieval]] pack horse and donkey in ''Hortus Deliciarum'', Europe, 12th century, when packing was a major means of transport of goods](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hortus Deliciarum 40-3m.jpg?width=200 "Medieval]] pack horse and donkey in ''Hortus Deliciarum'', Europe, 12th century, when packing was a major means of transport of goods")
![Donkeys packed on the way to a mine in [[Alma, Colorado]], late 1880s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack train on its way to a mine in front of the Sealey houses at Alma during the late 1800s - DPLA - b9ffcfa200b0b7b86830ca105fd10212.jpg?width=200 "Donkeys packed on the way to a mine in [[Alma, Colorado]], late 1880s.")
![[[US Marines]] training in resupply with pack mules. [[Bridgeport, California]], 2014](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marines train resupply techniques with pack animals 140831-M-ED261-010.jpg?width=200 "[[US Marines]] training in resupply with pack mules. [[Bridgeport, California]], 2014")
![A [[nomad]]'s pack [[camel]] in [[Eyl]], [[Somalia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eylcamel.jpg?width=200 "A [[nomad]]'s pack [[camel]] in [[Eyl]], [[Somalia]]")
![Sami]] driver from ''The land of the midnight sun'', c. 1881](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reindeer and pack, with Lapp driver.jpg?width=200 "Sami]] driver from ''The land of the midnight sun'', c. 1881")
![1900 advertisement showing pack [[yak]]s in [[Tibet]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fleischextrakt 0002773 m.jpg?width=200 "1900 advertisement showing pack [[yak]]s in [[Tibet]]")
![Pack [[llama]], Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lloyd the Llama.jpg?width=200 "Pack [[llama]], Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado")
![water buffalo]], [[Sumbawa]], Indonesia, early 20th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Bimanees met lastkarbouwen Res. Timor Soembawa TMnr 10013888.jpg?width=200 "water buffalo]], [[Sumbawa]], Indonesia, early 20th century")
![Pack donkeys, [[Devon]], England, c. 1906](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pack donkeys, Bucks Mills, Devon.jpg?width=200 "Pack donkeys, [[Devon]], England, c. 1906")
pack animal
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A pack animal is an animal such as a horse or donkey that is used to carry things on journeys.
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pack animal
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1. an animal used to carry packs.
2. an animal that lives and hunts in a pack.
Pack animal
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 by attaching them so their weight bears on the animal's back, in contrast to draft animals which pull loads but do not carry them.
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Pack animal
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 by attaching them so their weight bears on the animal's back, in contrast to draft animals which pull loads but do not carry them.
Traditional pack animals are diverse including camels, goats, yaks, reindeer, water buffaloes, and llamas as well as the more familiar pack animals like dogs, horses, donkeys, and mules.
Pronunciation examples for pack animal
1. this is on a pack animal level.
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2. Maybe we evolved as a hunting pack animal.
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3. OK, well, the Raptor, it's a pack animal.
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4. as basically a pack animal to help the PhDs explore.
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5. to death, well, that cause has certain consequences. You can't be a hunting pack animal if you
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Examples of use of pack animal
1. The dog is a pack animal, the cat is a "lone wolf." It is interesting to discover that the two have managed to develop a relationship, especially given that they have different languages.
2. In his latest column, he wrote: "Helpful correspondents have told me where to go, what to use to fill various orifices, which pack animal I most closely resemble and my next–world destination." Political researcher Zachary A.
3. For some years now, Lonnie Thompson and his scientific team have been climbing the Himalayas, the Andes, Kilimanjaro and the mountains of Greenland to sample ice cores using a drill that works on solar energy and is small enough to be carried on a pack animal.
4. According to Amin, a proper fighting camel can cost up to twenty times more than an ordinary one. «I can buy a fighting camel for 10,000 dollars,» he said. «If he loses, I sell him to the butcher for 500 dollars.» A fighting camel is larger than the average pack animal, and has a darker coat, said Amin.