BISON

Kamis, 07 Maret 2019 ~ Oleh Darno,S.Pd ~ Dilihat 907 Kali

Bison, symbolic animals of the Great Plains, are often mistakenly called buffaloes. By any name, they are formidable beasts and the heaviest land animals in North America.

Bison stand some 5 to 6.5 feet tall at the shoulder, and can tip the scales at over a ton. Despite their massive size, bison are quick on their feet. When the need arises they can run at speeds up to 40 miles an hour. They sport curved, sharp horns that may grow to be two feet long.

These large grazers feed on plains grasses, herbs, shrubs, and twigs. They regurgitate their food and chew it as cud before final digestion.

Females (cows) and adult males (bulls) generally live in small, separate bands and come together in very large herds during the summer mating season. Males battle for mating primacy, but such contests rarely turn dangerous. Females give birth to one calf after a nine-month pregnancy.

Bison once covered the Great Plains and much of North America, and were critically important to Plains Indian societies. During the 19th century, settlers killed some 50 million bison for food, sport, and to deprive Native Americans of their most important natural asset. The once enormous herds were reduced to only a few hundred animals. Today, bison numbers have rebounded somewhat, and about 500,000 bison live on preserves and ranches where they are raised for their meat.

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27. What does the text tell us about?

• American bison.
• Indian Societies.
• The Great Plains.
• North American Animal. 

From the text above we know that ... .

• bison can run fast for about fiftty miles an hour incertain condition
• bison usually live in herd especially during summer mating season
• the pregnace of female bisons for its calf last for about six months
• native of Americans never hunt bison to fulfil for their daily need

What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

• Bison lives in herd.
• Bison is a herb animal.
• The existance of bison is endangered now.
• Bison is as symbolic animals of the Great Plains.

“ They regurgitate their food and chew it as cud before final digestion.” The synonymous of the underlined word is ... .

• crush
• vomit
• absorb
• swallow