Rare wisents in the last of Europe’s primeval forests

Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, the 8,000-year-old Bialowieza Forest is a very special place. Here, in Europe’s last primeval forest, it is possible to see one of the world’s rarest animal: the Wisent, or European bison. Weighing up to 800kg, the wisent is Europe’s heaviest land mammal.

Rare wisents in the last of Europe’s primeval forests

Skeleton of the European Bison

Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, the 8,000-year-old Bialowieza Forest is a very special place. Here, in Europe’s last primeval forest, it is possible to see one of the world’s rarest animal: the Wisent, or European bison. Weighing up to 800kg, the wisent is Europe’s heaviest land mammal.

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