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Owing to their size, bison have few predators. Five exceptions are humans, grey wolves, cougars, grizzly bears, and coyotes. [52] Wolves generally take down a bison while in a pack, but cases of a single wolf killing bison have been reported. [37] Grizzly bears also consume bison, often by driving off the pack and consuming the wolves' kill. [9]
Adult American bison are slightly heavier on average because of their less rangy build and have shorter legs, which render them slightly shorter at the shoulder. [43] American bison tend to graze more and browse less than their European relatives because their necks are set differently.
The European bison (pl.: bison) (Bison bonasus) or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent [a] (/ ˈ v iː z ə n t / or / ˈ w iː z ə n t /), the zubr [b] (/ ˈ z uː b ə r /), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, [c] is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the American bison.
Bison, also known as buffalo, walk in a herd inside a corral at Badlands National Park, on Oct. 13, 2022, near Wall, S.D. The wild animals were corralled for transfer to Native American tribes ...
The Crow Indian Buffalo Hunt diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum. A group of images by Eadweard Muybridge, set to motion to illustrate the animal's movement. Bison hunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of ...
Under UK law, European bison are classed as dangerous wild animals and 43 kilometres (27 miles) of fencing surround the bison areas to keep them away from the public, but the conservationists say ...
Bison can make for exciting sightings in Yellowstone and other parks. But these grazing mammals can prove dangerous if people get too close and agitate them.
This allows for bison to be easily transported and managed by tribal entities for tribes to have greater control of the bison, allowing them to harvest and breed them freely for ceremonial or food purposes. If bison were to be legally classified as wildlife there would be some tradeoffs.