Bison is the symbolic animal of the Great Plains are often incorrectly called buffalo. Bison is a mighty beast and the toughest in North America. When standing, high bison about 1.5 to 2 meters measured from the shoulders down and weight bison can reach more than one ton ..
Bison horns can grow to 61 cm long. And despite his size is very large, they are among the animals that can run fast. There are times when they can move at a speed of 65 km / h.
Bison are herbivores. Their main foods include grasses, shrubs, and twigs. Although they are plant-eating animals, but they are one of the grazing animals that ought to be wary of.
Bison female (cow) and bison male (bull) usually live in small groups separate, and will come together in a very large herd during the mating season. Bison males will fight for females. But the fight was very rare to hurt each other.
Pregnant female bison period is 9 months. And in one delivery will be born one bison calves.
In the past, the population of bison in the Great Plains and North America are very abundant. However, during the 19th century, about 50 million bison were killed to eat meat, or simply to exercise. Until finally the number of bison only lived hundreds. But this time it looks like the number of bison continues to improve. There are about 200,000 head of bison that lived and bred for their meat.
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