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Bison named Sparky survives being struck by lighting
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If bison had 9 lives, Sparky has used up eight of them.
This lucky bison is a resident at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa and managed to survive being struck by lightning in 2013.
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According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Interior, Sparky's prognosis wasn't good and they weren't sure he would survive.
"But he proved us wrong!"
Although Sparky has beat the odds, he still has a constant reminder of the incident in the form of a huge battle scar where the lightning scorched a large section of his shoulder.
Sparky is now 11-years-old and has fathered three calves. Rangers hope he will reproduce again because "he's one tough bison."
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