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The Tsar interfering!

The Tsar interfering!

We spent 2 or 3 hours observing a group of 8 mature Wisent bulls in january 2016. They clearly had hierarchy issues and there was constant sparring going around...
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We spent 2 or 3 hours observing a group of 8 mature Wisent bulls in january 2016. They clearly had hierarchy issues and there was constant sparring going around. The centre bull obviously found that enough was enough and he broke up one of the fights to clearly state he was the top boy there!
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Bialowieza, Mazowieckie, PL

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Jan, 2016

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