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Eye of the Bison
I didn’t know there were bison at Fota Wildlife Park, but near the end of my walk there with Henry we stopped at a field containing these large beasts! I wonder if they were overheating in their winter coats in the warm April sunshine, but I suspect the cold wind that blew throu...
https://inphotos.org/2026/04/27/eye-of-the-bison/
#bison #conservation #Cork #EuropeanBison #FotaWildlifePark #Ireland #mammals #Photo #Photography #telephoto #WildlifePhotography #wisent
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Eye of the Bison
I didn't know there were bison at Fota Wildlife Park, but near the end of my walk there with Henry we stopped at a field containing these large beasts! I wonder if they were overheating in their winter coats in the warm April sunshine, but I suspect the cold wind that blew through at intervals cooled them down. TIL that every European bison alive today descends from just twelve individuals. The species was hunted to extinction in the wild by the 1920s. The last truly wild one was shot in […] -
Die Zahl der mittlerweile bundesweit bekannten Wisente muss reduziert werden. Doch bislang weiß niemand, wie das passieren soll.#15032024 #StudioSiegen #Wisent #Wittgenstein #Sauerland #Herde #Überzahl #Gatter
Frei lebende Wisente wieder eingegattert