A story about the ancient and largest mammal in Europe – the bison.
Dense forest, sunbeams passing through the foliage.
Male bisons fighting in a clearing.
A bison wanders through the forest.
A herd of bison in a clearing with feeding.
A calf with its mother in a clearing.
A bison calf sucks milk.
Engravings showing people hunting bison.
The drawing "After the Hunt in Belovezhskaya Pushcha" from 1409 by the artist V.I. Navozov.
A herd of bison running through the forest.
Shots of animals being driven during a hunt.
A close-up of a bison's head.
Dew drops on the grass in the forest.
Picturesque views of the Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve.
The first bison in the reserve.
A herd of bison.
The oldest bison.
An adult bison.
A feeding area in the reserve.
The leader, the oldest bison, is the first to approach the feeding trough.
Then animals approach according to the hierarchy in the herd.
The bull even drives away the bison, the leader.
The resting place of the herd.
The leader leads the herd to another place.
The bison marks its territory.
The threatening gesture is shaking the head and a sharp lunge.
The bison shows its leadership.
Fleming is a behavior showing readiness for mating.
The mouth is open, the nostrils are widened, loud grunting.
The bison that has come to a new territory destroys the owner's marks.
Mating courtship of the owners of the territory.
Bison, Herd, Hierarchy of animals, Mating games
Moscow region
Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve.
Summer
An alien interferes with the marriage relationship.
Bisons defend their right to continue the family line.
Bulls fight for a female.
If the bull stops fighting, he is considered the loser and leaves.
The female licks the wounds of the victorious bull.
Sunset behind the trees on the bank of the Oka.
The edge of the forest.
A mother bison with a calf comes out of the dense spruce forest, where a bison calf was born.
A two-day-old calf.
The mother bison calls the bison calf to feed.
The bison calf spends the first month of its life away from the herd.
A second bison, one rank lower than its mother, helps raise the bison calf.
Wolf.
A mother bison attacking wolves.
The bison calf is a month old.
Its horns have cut through.
It has gained weight and its fur has darkened.
The herd has accepted it.
The bison calf already eats hay and grass, but continues to drink its mother's milk.
Bison calves feed on milk until they are 2-3 years old.
Picturesque landscapes of the reserve.
Autumn forest.
Bisons running through the forest.
Portrait of a young bison.
Bison, Birth of a baby bison, Wolves
Moscow region
Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve.
Summer Autumn