Synopsis
Bison in the Yellowstone National Park are well adapted to cold winters.
- Programme: Yellowstone
- Episode: Winter
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2009
- Biology | Ecology | Adaptations, interdependence and competition | Adaptations
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