Some information about African bison

The African bison is a large and ferocious buffalo that lives on the African continent, generally weighing up to 1,500 pounds. Their large, sharp, downward-curving horns are important weapons for defending and attacking enemies. If you encounter only one African buffalo, then you are really lucky - if there are thousands of buffalo running in your direction, the real danger will come!

American bison and European bison are both large bovine animals. The American bison has a body length of 200-280 cm, a tail length of 30-50 cm, and a weight of 400-900 kg. It is distributed in the western United States and southwestern Canada. The European bison has a body length of 220-300 cm, a tail length of 40-60 cm, and a weight of 450-1000 kg. It is distributed in the Caucasus region of Poland and Russia. The two animals are roughly similar in appearance and size. The European bison is slightly taller, but the American bison is fatter. The head of the American bison is larger than that of the European bison, which is very prominent, but the horns are smaller than those of the European bison, generally 35-38 cm long. The European bison's horns are relatively slender, reaching 50 cm; the American bison's forehead hair is long and drooping. to the nose bone, while the European bison has short or no forehead hair; the ears of the American bison are black, but the ears of the European bison are not black; the shoulders of the American bison suddenly bulge high into a big bag, and the trunk tilts backward obviously. The European bison's shoulders slowly rise upward, and the slope of the back of the body is smaller, only slightly lower than the shoulders; the American bison's hips are much lower than the European bison's; the American bison's tail is thinner than the European bison's tail, and its tail hair is There are also relatively few; the American bison's body hair is thick and thick, especially in winter, it is chestnut brown, and the head color is darker; the European bison's body hair is dark brown.

The European bison was once distributed in vast areas of central, western and southern Europe. Later, its range gradually shrank. The last one surviving in the wild was hunted on February 9, 1921. Later, through the use of zoos around the world The reintroduction of 56 animals raised in the country finally saved it from annihilation. However, it was severely impacted during the Second World War and then gradually developed. Now there are more than 1,600 animals living in the wild. and in the zoo. The same is the fate of the American bison. With the arrival of the early immigrant armies, it was gradually compressed into an increasingly smaller area. After enduring large-scale massacres by humans, it was almost extinct. Later, many people of insight vigorously advocated and publicized hunting bans, and concentrated the remaining individuals into several protected areas so that they could thrive. Now there are more than 30,000 individuals living in a semi-wild state.