When did the cave bison go extinct?

[IronWing]

I was looking at some of the painting they left behind and I got to thinking "when did they die out and why"? Amazing creatures, nothing like them today.

 

[Ruptga]

Uhm, unless I'm missing something they're the same animals that we make into Bison Burgers in the present day.

 

[dawp]

they couldn't fit through the door on the ark, so about 4k years ago.

 

[Newbian]

The same time they couldn't fit into the cave entrances after getting too big so they became normal bisons.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

They became extinct in Europe in the wild in the first quarter of the 20th century. They have been kept domestically and are being reintroduced.

 

[Thebobo]

I was looking at some of the painting they left behind and I got to thinking "when did they die out and why"? Amazing creatures, nothing like them today.

They are back!

European Bison used to inhabit temperate, coniferous forests in much of Europe. From Russia and southern Sweden, down to the Balkans and Northern Spain. However for centuries their numbers have dwindled as they were hunted and driven out of their natural habitat due to forestry and farming. Slowly the European Bison was eradicated from countries across Europe and in 1927 the last wild European Bison was killed by poachers in southern Russia. In that year fewer than 50 European Bison existed, all of them in zoos.

Thankfully, since then numbers of the European Bison have been gradually increased and a number of herds have been returned to the wild in several countries. European Bison can now be found in nature reserves in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Spain. There are plans to reintroduce the animal to additional reserves in Germany and the Netherlands.

http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/hoofed_mammals/bison_european.html

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[norseamd]

the wisent is still around

 

[DesiPower]

I don't think a cave bison burger would be any more meh than a normal one... so who cares..

 

[Remobz]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast's_eagle#Extinction

Haast Eagle was found in modern day New Zealand around the 13th Century when man first settled in New Zealand. They were the Apex predator on the Island and even attacked man and killed small children.

Cave Bison had nothing over this Eagle

 

[MongGrel]

 

[moonbogg]

they couldn't fit through the door on the ark, so about 4k years ago.

Yep. During the flood. Poor bastards. G-d hates them.

 

[IronWing]

They are back!

http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/hoofed_mammals/bison_european.html

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Cool! I wonder if they still remember how to paint (instinctual) or if it was a learned social behavior forever lost?

 

[norseamd]

Cool! I wonder if they still remember how to paint (instinctual) or if it was a learned social behavior forever lost?

very confuse

 

[OlafSicky]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast's_eagle#Extinction

Haast Eagle was found in modern day New Zealand around the 13th Century when man first settled in New Zealand. They were the Apex predator on the Island and even attacked man and killed small children.

Cave Bison had nothing over this Eagle

They are still around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pecV8i8M2J0

 

[DesiPower]

They are still around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pecV8i8M2J0

what the fuck, khaleesi's baby dragon?

 

[sa7an1]

Mmmmm i had some Buffalo last night (actually American Bison (Bison bison)) much more work tahn beef to cook but AMAZING if you do it right.

 

[cKGunslinger]

I like how everyone just glossed over your attempt.

 

[Northern Lawn]

All the "giant" beasts in North America went extinct about 13,000 years ago when there was an suspected astroid strike. 4 speacies of elephants including the wolly mamoth, sabre tooth tiger, giant sloth and some other ... giant racoon? something like that.

Or maybe the op meant by "cave bison" that there were buffalos that lived in caves and painted but I think they were actually hunter gatherer humans.

 

[IronWing]

I like how everyone just glossed over your attempt.

Not my best work but still disappointing.

 

[John Connor]

Buffalo tastes good and no fat!