Bison
noun
A large, heavy animal similar to a cow but with humped shoulders, found mainly in North America and Europe.
We saw a herd of bison roaming the plains during our trip to Yellowstone National Park.
Often appears as...
- wild bison
- bison herd
noun
A large, heavy animal similar to a cow but with humped shoulders, found mainly in North America and Europe.
We saw a herd of bison roaming the plains during our trip to Yellowstone National Park.
Often appears as...
- wild bison
- bison herd
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Habitat Context
Bison live in grasslands, often described as plains or prairies, which are vast flat areas.
The bison thrive in the wide-open grasslands where they graze on grasses.
Pro Tip 2/3Conservation Status
Bison were nearly extinct due to hunting but are now a conservation success story.
Efforts to protect bison habitats have helped their numbers increase.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Bison are an iconic symbol of the American West and native history.
The bison is a sacred animal in many Native American cultures.
Pro Tip 1/3Habitat Context
Bison live in grasslands, often described as plains or prairies, which are vast flat areas.
The bison thrive in the wide-open grasslands where they graze on grasses.
Pro Tip 2/3Conservation Status
Bison were nearly extinct due to hunting but are now a conservation success story.
Efforts to protect bison habitats have helped their numbers increase.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Bison are an iconic symbol of the American West and native history.
The bison is a sacred animal in many Native American cultures.
Pro Tip 1/3Habitat Context
Bison live in grasslands, often described as plains or prairies, which are vast flat areas.
The bison thrive in the wide-open grasslands where they graze on grasses.
Pro Tip 2/3Conservation Status
Bison were nearly extinct due to hunting but are now a conservation success story.
Efforts to protect bison habitats have helped their numbers increase.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Bison are an iconic symbol of the American West and native history.
The bison is a sacred animal in many Native American cultures.
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Stewart Brand: The dawn...
There's a sense of deep tragedy that goes with these things, and it happened to lots of birds that people loved. It happened to lots of mammals. Another keystone species is a famous animal called the European aurochs. There was sort of a movie made about it recently. And the aurochs was like the bison.
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Explore cave paintings...
In many instances, their images follow the contours of the cave to create depth and shade. The most common depictions are of geometric shapes, followed by large mammals, like bison, horses, mammoths, deer, and boars. Human figures appear rarely, as well as occasional hand prints.
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Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
spirituality, gender roles, sustainability -- all of that stuff is this really important education that we need to learn, you know. So let's just break down some foods real quick. Proteins are easy. We learn about how natives were able to use every single part of a bison.
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Photographing the Wild...
bison carcass along the Yellowstone River this was a scene that we were able to kind of pull the curtain back on Yellowstone and the Wolves near the situation just it came together one of the primary tools in wildlife photography that I use is camera traps
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Why wildfires have...
so they could grow more food. They used fire to increase graze for the deer and the elk and the bison that they hunted. And most importantly, they figured out if they burned in the spring and the fall, they could avoid the out-of-control fires of summer.
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Chase a Wild Buffalo...
in the old days bison herds had the freedom to move wherever they wanted but in our situation we have limited space and so if the Bison herd grows beyond what the land can sustain they're going to over graze it so in order to protect
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How Animals and Humans...
and this bison tested positive and this is how they dealt with it. Very quickly, execution style. So they're looking for solutions, how to manage bison, how to deal with them how to protect them but also live with them.
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Buffalo buffalo buffalo:...
though it helps to add in a few implied phrases and punctuation marks to reveal what's really going on. Buffalo buffalo are bison from the city of Buffalo, and this sentence has three groups of them.
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Yellowstone: World's...
an influence on Yellowstone's elk and bison populations by preying on elk and bison they keep the populations of these herbivores at a stable level which in turn helps keep Yellowstone ecosystems
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Fox Dives Head First in...
now blanket this herd's territory pushing through deep snow is exhausting work and the bison are now slowly starving
Video examples
Stewart Brand: The dawn...
There's a sense of deep tragedy that goes with these things, and it happened to lots of birds that people loved. It happened to lots of mammals. Another keystone species is a famous animal called the European aurochs. There was sort of a movie made about it recently. And the aurochs was like the bison.
Video examples
Explore cave paintings...
In many instances, their images follow the contours of the cave to create depth and shade. The most common depictions are of geometric shapes, followed by large mammals, like bison, horses, mammoths, deer, and boars. Human figures appear rarely, as well as occasional hand prints.
Video examples
Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
spirituality, gender roles, sustainability -- all of that stuff is this really important education that we need to learn, you know. So let's just break down some foods real quick. Proteins are easy. We learn about how natives were able to use every single part of a bison.
Video examples
Photographing the Wild...
bison carcass along the Yellowstone River this was a scene that we were able to kind of pull the curtain back on Yellowstone and the Wolves near the situation just it came together one of the primary tools in wildlife photography that I use is camera traps
Video examples
Why wildfires have...
so they could grow more food. They used fire to increase graze for the deer and the elk and the bison that they hunted. And most importantly, they figured out if they burned in the spring and the fall, they could avoid the out-of-control fires of summer.
Video examples
Chase a Wild Buffalo...
in the old days bison herds had the freedom to move wherever they wanted but in our situation we have limited space and so if the Bison herd grows beyond what the land can sustain they're going to over graze it so in order to protect
Video examples
How Animals and Humans...
and this bison tested positive and this is how they dealt with it. Very quickly, execution style. So they're looking for solutions, how to manage bison, how to deal with them how to protect them but also live with them.
Video examples
Buffalo buffalo buffalo:...
though it helps to add in a few implied phrases and punctuation marks to reveal what's really going on. Buffalo buffalo are bison from the city of Buffalo, and this sentence has three groups of them.
Video examples
Yellowstone: World's...
an influence on Yellowstone's elk and bison populations by preying on elk and bison they keep the populations of these herbivores at a stable level which in turn helps keep Yellowstone ecosystems
Video examples
Fox Dives Head First in...
now blanket this herd's territory pushing through deep snow is exhausting work and the bison are now slowly starving
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Jenna McCarthy
Author
What do women do when they get together? We sit around and talk! Men, not so much. My theory is that this difference is genetic and dates back to the hunter-gatherer societies, when the men had to be quiet as they hunted, lest they scare away the bison and then everyone starved to death and it was all their fault.
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Derrick Jensen
American Author
My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house in Nebraska. When she was a tiny girl - in other words, only four human generations ago - there were still enough wild bison on the Plains that she was afraid lightning storms would spook them and they would trample her home.
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Dave Matthews
South African Musician
I want to figure out a way to not be stupid with money, then make a whole bunch of it, then I want to move to Outer Mongolia. I want to milk a yak. Maybe I'll just settle for a cow. Can you milk a bison?
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Black Elk
Leader
I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength.
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Shannon Sharpe
American Athlete
I think with lean cuts of chicken and beef, fish, turkey, ground beef and bison, you can't go wrong with those.
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Black Elk
Leader
To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.
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Bryan Konietzko
American Director
In an early version of the story, I thought Aang could shepherd a herd of twenty bison.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
I certainly don't eat raw bison liver on a regular basis.
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Jenna McCarthy
Author
What do women do when they get together? We sit around and talk! Men, not so much. My theory is that this difference is genetic and dates back to the hunter-gatherer societies, when the men had to be quiet as they hunted, lest they scare away the bison and then everyone starved to death and it was all their fault.
Quote examples
Derrick Jensen
American Author
My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house in Nebraska. When she was a tiny girl - in other words, only four human generations ago - there were still enough wild bison on the Plains that she was afraid lightning storms would spook them and they would trample her home.
Quote examples
Dave Matthews
South African Musician
I want to figure out a way to not be stupid with money, then make a whole bunch of it, then I want to move to Outer Mongolia. I want to milk a yak. Maybe I'll just settle for a cow. Can you milk a bison?
Quote examples
Black Elk
Leader
I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength.
Quote examples
Shannon Sharpe
American Athlete
I think with lean cuts of chicken and beef, fish, turkey, ground beef and bison, you can't go wrong with those.
Quote examples
Black Elk
Leader
To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.
Quote examples
Bryan Konietzko
American Director
In an early version of the story, I thought Aang could shepherd a herd of twenty bison.
Quote examples
Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
I certainly don't eat raw bison liver on a regular basis.
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