stackyFACTSWhile Huskies get all the glory for sprinting across the ice, Malamutes are the slow, muscular tractors of the canine world. They were bred explicitly to drag absurdly heavy loads across frozen wastelands at a crawling pace, completely ignoring any desire to win a race.
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