Congratulations!!!
That is exactly what
a bison looks like.
If you got it on the first try, why don't you go
back and pick the antlers or horns you think would look funniest
on this bison.
FUN FACTS
ABOUT BISON:
- There were over
60 million bison in North America when Christopher Columbus
first landed on the continent.
- The scientific
name of a bison is easy to remember. It is Bison bison.
- Early settlers
found bison in western New York state and that is how the city
of Buffalo, New York got its name.
- They were easy
animals to hunt and provided a lot of meat for early settlers.
They were over-hunted though and disappeared from all lands
east of the Mississippi by 1832.
- A single herd of
bison often numbered three to five million animals.
- One cavalry troop
described a herd that they watched for three days. It was over
60 miles long and stretched beyond the horizon for its full
length.
- Trains were occasionally
held up for days while bison herds crossed their paths.
- Bison are the largest
land mammals in North America. Large bulls often weigh 2000
lbs. and a rare individual occasionally weighs 2500 lbs.
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