Meet America's only wild wood bison
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2016
- SHAGELUK - Wood bison calves are easy to spot from the sky. Their coats are a reddish hue, making them readily distinguishable from their mothers, even as they appear as minuscule dots against Alaska’s vast landscape.
The calves may look insignificant from the air, but they are special. They are the first wood bison both bred and born in the wilds of Alaska in over a century - a huge milestone for what has been a lengthy and uncertain experiment in reintroducing the species to the state.
“It’s really the beginning of wild wood bison in the United States,” said Tom Seaton, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist who has overseen the project for the last five years.
Their existence represents the conservation of a species once thought extinct, and revived from nearly nothing.
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Beautiful animals used to come hangout in our pastures and they were remarkable. Now I never see them around but it would be nice if they came cleared our pastures again
Their numbers haven't even recovered yet and they are already thinking about hunting them.
So beautiful
Es un gran acierto su reintroducción,su estudio y conservación. Éste animal es todo un espectáculo e impresionante.-
Thank you.
Manitoba has a completely wild herd in it’s Inter lake region. 300 animals strong
2600 lbs and north ! ( males )
i have been known to bench press these
Thanks. ✌🏻👊
What happened to the moose?
What is the distinction if "wood" bison? Are they different than other bison in North America?
Wood Bison is a sub species of the Plains bison. Smaller, but very aggressive. I thought that they went totally extict, or were highly interbred with the steppe Bison.
yes
steppe bison have gone extinct
Wood bison are much larger and generally found further north
Jean Taylor eddemain gave you some bad information. The wood bison is actually heavier than the plains bison, with large males weighing over 2,000 lbs., making it the largest terrestrial animal in North America. The tallest point of the wood bison is well ahead of its front legs, while the plains bison's highest point is directly above the front legs. Wood bison also have larger horn cores, darker and woollier pelages, longer tails, and less hair in their beards. So while both are considered north American bison, both are subspecies, the wood bison roamed more toward the north into Canada, while the more common plains bison stayed farther south in the great plains area.
Can we send a pair of nose hair clippers to Shageluk someone give me an address
That’s funny
Lambs quarters are not invasive, they are native. Pick before seeding if using for greens.
Maybe the color and the technology keeping them from being great
Spirit animal hiding from man in the woods because of what they did to them.
I hate to hear that the only reason the Alaska Wildlife Dept. had for reintroducing a species to its former habitat is that it can be hunted. Enough with hunting. Growing up in Colorado and hiking in the mountains I've stumbled across many dead deer and elk that were shot and the hunter was not able to track and find after they had run away therefore the beautiful animal died in vain.
Our wolves were not reintroduced for hunting but hunters are getting their way! This is despite the fact that the wolves have improved habitat. We need to protect and preserve species! Not hunting! For food for local cultures, yes. For trophy, no!
@@marilynwargo6288 So ignorant. Hunting is preservation. Whether you think it's murder or not is irrelevant because hunting is tied intrinsically with conservation and keeping species healthy. Hunting doesn't get in the way it helps.
Because hunters pay for the money needed for conservative
@@TheChunkle My friends hunt for food. They are not trophy hunters. Their kids do not participate in hunts that kill every member of a species in a county. Trophy hunting is simply a blood sport that has gone mad. This is political and not about conservation. Bounties are not taking money in they are giving money out. The methods approved by states are dangerous to other species. I am not ignorant and have been fighting cruel methods of killing our wildlife for over 50 years. Responsible hunting is not what we are seeing and you are not well informed if you think so.
@@hunterwiegele8962 Not when bounties are paid! That is not conservation. Trophy hunting is not conservation.
I do not agree with hunting wood bison for "management" when just across the alaskan land bridge in siberia there's a man in need of wood bison that's willing along with the russian government to help repopulate the wood bison for a project called "Pleistocene park" to fight off green house gases
As far as i know wood bison is protected, is the plains bison that is hunted
@@recipoldinasty well as far as you don't know they said in the video that they are killing wood bison for management.
@@michaelmunoz8014 - Actually, he said “hunting, at some point, will be a part of the management of this herd.”
I disagree about the hunting part. Hunting for sport is awful. Hunting for food is....sometimes necessary. But I think we should all agree that lives shouldn't be taken if it isn't needed, especially with an animal that has low numbers or are at risk.
Hunting for food or hide is always a great thing. It is also a part of species management.
sport hunting is all right if it benefits the population like if a bull is killing others or if the hunting gives revenue to protecting and studying of the species
Hunting gives locals an incentive to protect the species, otherwise they could care less what animals are in the woods. It generates profit for the locals, feeds people, and connects people to the ecosystem. Hunting has been a part of life in Alaska for thousands and thousands of years
It's always funny when anthunters say that because you never seem to realize that almost all great conservation storys started with sports hunters! Sport Hunters are the ones that started the national park system sport Hunters are the ones that started the National Wildlife Refuge system Sports Hunters are the ones that started the national forest system and sports Hunters to this day are the ones that fund the National Wildlife Refuge system! What have you done?
amen
I hate my species
Content with beautiful animals gets ruined when lies about evolution gets interjected. Read the Bible and get a clue!
C'mon, evolution is not a lie, it is the truth, and you can see it every day.
Micro evolution is the only one of the six. Otherwise known as adaption.
It's so sad that in the 21st century that we still have to contend with people that shun science and believe the Bible is the only source of truth for our world. You're the one that needs to get a clue!
@@blueeyebeauty6364 The Bible is scientifically accurate. Nothing wrong with science. Pseudoscience is a different matter though! It is not my only source. 21st century... What does that have to do with anything? Unless you believe in evolution! From the beginning to the present, capabilities change or are managed via alternate means, but people are the same. There is brutal mass murder apparently taking place in Ethiopia right now. The century makes no difference.
@@greyna9 There is nothing scientific about the Bible. Just to name a few examples: The world was not created in 6 days, human beings are not resurrected from the dead, seas do not part for the Eygptian Cavalry, human beings do not walk on water, nor do they live in the bellies of whales for several days. What human beings have achieved on this planet is because of science. What you're calling pseudoscience, I have no idea what you're talking about. Evolution is a fact, and scientists are proving that fact every year with real and tangible evidence. Your thinking is stuck in the medieval, dark ages where the church persecuted scientists for telling the truth. Since then, humans have made discoveries to prove the Bible is nothing more than fairy tales. "From the beginning to the present, capabilities change or are managed via alternate means," what the hell are you trying to say? It's all a bunch of mumble-jumble. People are not the same. We have evolved just like everything else. And as far as mass murder in Ethiopia, why isn't your God stopping it?