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Bison bison

Photo by Allen Hoof
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Field Notes

Description:

American bison browsing in snow

Habitat:

boreal-alpine biome (hopefully that habitat description isn't some sort of scientific impossibility--combining two things that are in fact mutually exclusive) in the Rocky Mountains

Notes:

spotted in meadow along US 14/16/20 southeast of Steamboat Point in Yellowstone National Park

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Comments (4)
Stian Waaler
=) give her the credit and a thanks for the pic... Love that animal, have just seen this in a zoo before ;)
Allen Hoof
Thank you Stian. Credit my bride of 30+ years--she took the pic. I was driving.
Stian Waaler
Fantastic photo Allen.... Bisons are awesome animals
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PublishedDecember 11, 2011

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