Posted on 05/24/2024 7:07:50 AM PDT by SJackson
A video that was recently published online shows a herd of bison charge at a group of tourists in Yellowstone National Park, according to an article from USA Today.
In the video, captured by Adella Gonzalez last Wednesday, a herd of bison walks across a pathway and back into the grass. A group of people then move closer to the bison and cross "mere feet in front of the herd."
The bison herd then charges the tourists, who notice and manage to move out of the way in time, allowing the bison to continue running their intended path. According to Gonzalez, everyone was okay.
Like with all other wildlife, the National Park Service advises to not approach bison and to watch animals from a distance. The NPS's webpage dedicated to bison explains that they are wild animals and that they can be unpredictable. Bison are the largest land mammals in North America, with males weighing up to 2,000 pounds and females able to reach about 1,000 pounds. They can also run up to 30 miles per hour.
The NPS says to maintain a distance of 100 feet from bison, and to view them from inside a vehicle if they are within 100 feet of the road. NPS even drives the point home with a video of a bison goring at West Thumb. The caption reads "while bison may seem as harmless and slow, they can be dangerous and fast."
For sure.
Animal Vigilante Justice.
“Get offa my lawn!” No warning shots.
A general rule I follow, if something outweighs me 20 to 1, I give it wide berth.
In Nature, bigger wins, except for fleas and mosquitoes.
Not the case. They have an intended path and when something, anything, appears in between them and their destination they consider it a threat, especially something out of the ordinary like a woman in a yellow rain coat.
Kids, these are intelligent aggressive animals. They’re not docile dairy cows.
“What up with all the fake news on FR lately?
They weren’t charging at the tourists just charging by them.”
That’s what I saw. Someone approached the bison from behind, causing them to get spooked and run forward to the left of the tourists in front of them. If it had been a charge, some tourists would have been hurt.
Not just for encounters with wildlife. That is good rule to follow at the Golden Corral buffet line too.
Moseying rapidly past a group of tourists gets far less clicks than charging a group of tourists.
I wouldn’t call that charging because the bison didn’t change course as the tourists got out of the way and just kept running in the same direction.
What a bunch of bisoncrap. They did NOT charge the tourists.
They really didn’t charge anyone. they just started running in the direction they were originally headed. When an animal charges you, you’re going to know it.
This happened to my husband and me at the Old Faithful site.
No one did anything to provoke the stampede. The herd simply charged through the crowd. Thankfully, no one was injured but it was very scary. People were jumping away in every direction.
Later in the evening at a “Meet the Ranger” event, the ranger asked,” What is the safe distance a visitor should make from the wildlife?” I replied, As far away as possible!”
You nailed it.
One thing is certain, you can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd....
I might point out that the "safe" distance of 100 feet can be covered by one of these bad lads with a head of steam up in two and a half seconds.
Stay away from the fluffy cows.
There are signs all over the place telling people to keep a distance from the wildlife, stay on the pathways, etc. Yet there are self entitled morons who think the rules don’t apply to them.
I was up there two years ago and saw first hand how stupid people can be. A group of Asians jumped out of a car and tried to get selfies with a bison calf. The rest of the herd was having nothing of it and started stomping their front hooves, pawing the ground while grunting. The mother finally charged at the people after a few more seconds.
1500 lbs. of hooves horns and muscle is not to be messed with. I thought that would be obvious.
I feel the same way about Hillary.
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