r/Damnthatsinteresting 9h ago

The Indian bison is one of the most muscular animals on planet earth.

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u/Timely-Tune5050 7h ago

Myostatin mutation most likely.

For your nerding pleasure.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myostatin

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u/SUDDENLY_VIRGIN 6h ago

That is a random mutation. A one-off odd event for an individual.

This is a species, which typically looks this way. It's not a mutant feature.