Bison fighting
by Cindy Murphy - NightVisions
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Bison fighting
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Cindy Murphy - NightVisions
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We saw these bison going at it in Yellowstone National Park, Montana. The mood changes rapidly and by mid-July, the deep, rumbling sounds of bull bison in rut can be heard throughout the valley.Watching these one ton bulls paw at the earth, dust-up in wallows and battle for the right to breed during the rut is an incredible sight. Like other ungulates, bull bison rarely fight, but when they do it is such an amazing display of power that you can almost feel the earth shake. Battles start when a challenger approaches a dominant bull who warns away his rival by swinging his horns, bellowing and pawing the ground. If these tactics don’t deter the challenger, the two then clash head to head. When fighting, the goal of each bull is to hold his opponent’s head between his horns. Failure to hold the horns in position can lead to goring of the opposing bull’s neck.Most battles end up with the defeated bull withdrawing in retreat, but bulls sometimes die from the injuries they sustain during these violent clashes. In fact, so many bulls perish from the ravages of the rut, that they have become an important late summer food source for grizzly bears and other scavengers within the confines of the Park. img112 576c
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October 28th, 2016
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