The bison by Carla van Zomeren

About "The bison"

by Carla van Zomeren

About the artwork

A beautiful and powerful animal, I worked this bison with a watercolour technique.|This is what Wikipedia reports about this animal The animal is heavily built with a high shoulder hump, a large heavy head, a short thick neck and a wide forehead. Head, neck, shoulders and front legs are long and shaggy-haired. The rest of the body is covered with shorter and lighter hair. The chin contains a feral beard. The animal has a shoulder height of 1.90 metres and the length of the bull is almost 3 metres. The tail length is 30 to 60 cm. The bison can reach speeds of up to 50 km/h. Its character is usually calm and easily predicted by the posture of its tail. A posture where the tail is straight up shows that the bison feels threatened. For interactions with humans, this is usually the last signal before the bison proceeds to charge. American bison live to be about 25 years old. Their brown to black fur consists of two layers: a warm inner layer and a thick, protective outer layer. This thick fur is no luxury, as they are also found in mountainous areas, where they are exposed to extremely low temperatures. Young of the American bison stand up after only 30 minutes after birth. A few hours later they can walk
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