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Bison
黄石
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The bison (often referred to as buffalo) is truly a majestic animal. An adult bull bison may be six feet tall at the shoulder and weigh 2,000 pounds.
Females look like the males except that they are smaller and have more slender horns. Bison mate from
July through early August, and the calves are born in April and May. During the spring and early summer, new-born calves can often be viewed in the Firehole area and Lamar Valley. Although viewing the young calves can be
an exciting experience, it is very important that you do not get too close to the animals for observation or photographs.
Bison may appear big and slow, but they can run up to 30 miles per hour. Yellowstone visitors are gored every year,
because they venture too near in attempts to photograph the animals.