Trimming Bison Beards for a Good Look at Prairie | National Geographic

one of the challenges with bison is that

one of the challenges with bison is that they are incredibly hairy animal if you

they are incredibly hairy animal if you

they are incredibly hairy animal if you put a critter camp system around the

put a critter camp system around the

put a critter camp system around the neck and hanging underneath the neck

neck and hanging underneath the neck

neck and hanging underneath the neck what one would end up looking at is is a

what one would end up looking at is is a

what one would end up looking at is is a lot of hair because in particular to

lot of hair because in particular to

lot of hair because in particular to make big males had a long beard we just

make big males had a long beard we just

make big males had a long beard we just gave them a little bit of a little bit

gave them a little bit of a little bit

gave them a little bit of a little bit of a haircut to ensure that we could see

of a haircut to ensure that we could see

of a haircut to ensure that we could see as much as we possible for them to chew

lice on a wonderful animals spot big and

lice on a wonderful animals spot big and powerful and potentially dangerous if if

powerful and potentially dangerous if if

powerful and potentially dangerous if if not handled correctly and appropriately

not handled correctly and appropriately

not handled correctly and appropriately a great thing about working with the

a great thing about working with the

a great thing about working with the Nature Conservancy at the gun ranch is

Nature Conservancy at the gun ranch is

Nature Conservancy at the gun ranch is that they have a very well coordinated

that they have a very well coordinated

that they have a very well coordinated very well worked out system for working

very well worked out system for working

very well worked out system for working with bison

so they bring the animals in they round

so they bring the animals in they round them up and they bring them into these

them up and they bring them into these

them up and they bring them into these very heavy-duty shoots until eventually

very heavy-duty shoots until eventually

very heavy-duty shoots until eventually as it is finally sort of a cage where

as it is finally sort of a cage where

as it is finally sort of a cage where the Bison are brought to which holds

the Bison are brought to which holds

the Bison are brought to which holds them very firmly so that they don’t

them very firmly so that they don’t

them very firmly so that they don’t stress and their health can the

stress and their health can the

stress and their health can the accession and ultimately death ligand

accession and ultimately death ligand

accession and ultimately death ligand collars and GPS collars can be employed

collars and GPS collars can be employed

collars and GPS collars can be employed the reason we put the critic hems on a

the reason we put the critic hems on a

the reason we put the critic hems on a collar beneath the chin is because

collar beneath the chin is because

collar beneath the chin is because that’s the standard protocol for

that’s the standard protocol for

that’s the standard protocol for research with bison and this was a pilot

research with bison and this was a pilot

research with bison and this was a pilot project to see whether or not the whole

project to see whether or not the whole

project to see whether or not the whole concept report in your first place

concept report in your first place

concept report in your first place now there’s also another reason for

now there’s also another reason for

now there’s also another reason for using the collar with the camera

using the collar with the camera

using the collar with the camera underneath rather than on top deploying

underneath rather than on top deploying

underneath rather than on top deploying a chimera

a chimera

a chimera on the top of the collar is very

on the top of the collar is very

on the top of the collar is very challenging from a gravity perspective

challenging from a gravity perspective

challenging from a gravity perspective from a weight distribution perspective

from a weight distribution perspective

from a weight distribution perspective in all likelihood the system will

in all likelihood the system will

in all likelihood the system will ultimately rotate providing essentially

ultimately rotate providing essentially

ultimately rotate providing essentially no image at all so on this very first

no image at all so on this very first

no image at all so on this very first deployment we decided to go ahead and

deployment we decided to go ahead and

deployment we decided to go ahead and use the standard protocol let gravity be

use the standard protocol let gravity be

use the standard protocol let gravity be our friend and see from underneath the

our friend and see from underneath the

our friend and see from underneath the chin we had also hoped that that would

chin we had also hoped that that would

chin we had also hoped that that would give us a great perspective of what the

give us a great perspective of what the

give us a great perspective of what the Bison were feeding off this project is

Bison were feeding off this project is

Bison were feeding off this project is all about the specific plants that the

all about the specific plants that the

all about the specific plants that the Bison are feeding

Bison are feeding

Bison are feeding and so we were hoping that the critic

and so we were hoping that the critic

and so we were hoping that the critic and images we provide us that very

and images we provide us that very

and images we provide us that very specific high-definition perspective be

specific high-definition perspective be

specific high-definition perspective be able to see how they were selecting food

able to see how they were selecting food

able to see how they were selecting food that there may be this piece of land

that there may be this piece of land

that there may be this piece of land that these bison have the opportunity to

that these bison have the opportunity to

that these bison have the opportunity to roam throughout is unplowed in all of an

roam throughout is unplowed in all of an

roam throughout is unplowed in all of an American history so it’s provides a

American history so it’s provides a

American history so it’s provides a unique opportunity really to see how the

unique opportunity really to see how the

unique opportunity really to see how the Bison impact that terrain and how native

Bison impact that terrain and how native

Bison impact that terrain and how native species of plant still there help to

species of plant still there help to

species of plant still there help to direct where the Bison focus their

direct where the Bison focus their

direct where the Bison focus their efforts