American bison

The rare European bison has a smaller head than the American bison and is slightly taller .

稀有的欧洲野牛的头比美洲野牛的小，但个儿略微高些。

European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison . The ranchers raised buffalo for their meat .

欧洲的野牛，其头比美洲野牛的小且高。

North American bison differ from domestic cattle in the number of their ribs .

北美野牛和驯养牛的肋骨数目不一样。

A hundred and fifty years ago a plainsman could kill an American bison , cut out only the tongue for his dinner , and discard the rest of the animal .

一百五十年前，平地居民杀死野牛，只割下牛舌头做晚餐，其它的弃掉。

The American bison , or buffaloes , once roamed the western prairies . Today , only a few thousand remain , mostly on protected , fenced game reserves ( 2 ) .

美洲野牛，或者水牛，曾经在西部草原上自由地游来走去。现在，只剩下几千头了，大部分在有栅栏的野生动物保护区内。

This is when he started to retreat , and that 's when I saw the other side of my passionate romantic hero - the David who was solitary as a castaway , cool to the touch , in need of more personal space than a herd of American bison .

此时他开始退却，也让我看见我那热情浪漫英雄的另一面——孤独如浪人一般，冷静沉着，比一头美国野牛更需要个人空间的大卫。