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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject:

Unlike the Asian Water Buffalo, the bison has never really been domesticated, although it does appear on farms occasionally. It is raised now mostly on large ranches in the United States and Canada for meat. Wild herds are found in Yellowstone and northern central Canada
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject:

They live to be about 20 years old and are born without their trademark "hump" or horns, with the development of their horns, they become mature at two to three years of age, although the males continue to grow slowly to about age seven. Adult bulls express a high degree of dominance during mating season.
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:

Mountain Gorilla
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:

The Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of two subspecies of Eastern Gorillas. There are two populations.
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:

There are two populations. One is only found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, within three national parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:01 pm Post subject:

The other is found in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Some claim that the Bwindi population in Uganda is a third subspecies, although no formal taxonomic description has been published.
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:01 pm Post subject:

A census taken in 2003 has shown a 17% increase in population size since 1989. There are now a total of 380 gorillas in 30 social groups in the Virungas and a total of about 320 in Bwindi
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject:

However, the Mountain Gorilla continues to be considered critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. It faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild due to habitat loss, poaching, human disease, and war.
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject:

Wow, that is very interesting!
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject:

I forgot to name a few countries I have been:
England

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject:

Scotland
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject:

yes yes it is, and i will do it everyday you can still learn while spamming lol
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject:

And Wales...
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject:

Calgary
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