|
Bison Fun Facts!

- The correct name for buffalo is American Bison
- French explorers called them ‘boeufs,’ because they reminded them of water buffalo from Africa (wikipedia)
- Plains bison numbered in the millions in the seventeenth century.
- Woodland Bison, which still exist in Canada, are bison that live in woods. They are much larger than Plains Bison.
- Average male Bison weighs 2,000lbs. which is also one ton.
- Average female Bison weighs 1,000 to 1,300 lbs.
- Bison can run 30 MPH
- Both cows and bulls have horns and beards. Horns and beards are used to sweep away snow in the winter to feed on grass underneath.
- Bison Hooves are shaped like a heart with a space in the center. Because of their shape, hooves aerate the soil and encourage the spread of a plants seed as they walk. This is how they left a mile wide path of soil behind after they came through the open range and it rejuvenated the area.
|

Fun Activities & Puzzles!

1. Hidden Message Puzzle
Puzzle : Key

2. Word Search - Easy
Puzzle : Key

3. Criss Cross Puzzle
Puzzle : Key

4. Word Search - Hard
Puzzle : Key

5. Billie the Buffalo Maze
Puzzle : Key
|