Monday 6 July 2009

What's this......??


Scotland's forests used to be home to this animal, the European bison, pictured here at the Highland Wildlife Park near Kincraig. They were hunted to extinction, surviving only in captivity in collections and zoos. The last wild European bison was shot in Poland........the last in Scotland was shot about 700 years ago. The Eurpean bison is slightly smaller than the American one, also virtually exterminated in the 19th century.
Was it because they are so ugly......??

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