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A Symbol of Resilience: Bison in Winter
During the cold winter season, bison develop thick, woolly coats that help protect them from freezing temperatures and harsh winds. It is said that a bison's winter coat is so thick and provides insulation so effective that when snow accumulates on its coat, it will not melt from the heat of the bison's skin. Their skin also thickens in response to cold temperatures and fatty deposits appear to insulate the animal. This is important because during winter storms, bison will actually turn toward the storm, hunker down, and wait for it to pass. With thick coats and creating a low profile, bison can survive the same storm that would kill many domestic livestock. Bison also have the ability use their large head and massive neck and shoulder muscles as snow plows to forage in snow as deep as four feet!
They have adapted to efficiently find nourishment from low quality forage that allows them to battle blizzards, -40 degree temperatures, and 50 mph winds.
Under cold stress, bison have developed the adaptation to minimize nutritional needs and slow their metabolism to conserve energy.
They slow down their metabolisms, the amount of time they spending foraging, and the amount of food they consume in order to conserve energy. Bison also have the ability to generate internal body heat through digestion. Forage is retained longer in their gut - due to the increase of indigestible plant material found in the winter - which allows them to eat less but still receive the nutrition they require. Without these adaptations, surviving the freezing temperatures and blizzard storms would not be possible.
A muscular hump supports a massive head, a snow plow that clears away drifts and uncovers buried grasses. A dense coat and layers of fat stave off the punishing wind and cold. These beasts carry winter with them every step.
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Timestamps:
0:00 on the move
0:10 very snowy bison
0:16 through the drift
0:24 searching
0:28 snowy cow
0:32 slow motion walk
0:41 herd by a tree
0:50 herd moving across a hill
0:55 forging ahead
1:12 breaking trail
1:19 woody snack
1:26 deep snow
1:36 two foraging
1:41 close-up grazing
1:47 finding forage in deep snow
1:54 clearing away the snow
2:00 moving the snow
2:05 finding food
2:10 slow motion moving snow
2:16 slow motion walk
2:26 on a hill side
2:31 frosty grass & bison
2:35 on the move
2:39 in the creek
2:45 the matriarch
2:50 blizzard
2:55 trudging through the snow
3:09 walking away
3:14 bison in a blizzard
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