Posted on 09/07/2024 7:39:23 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
There is a well know saying amongst Yellowstone National Park staff about bison safety that goes like this “don’t pet fluffy cows.” It’s comical and cute but is an actual warning for tourists not a treat the park’s wildlife like a petting zoo.
Bison may seem like docile creatures that would have little recourse to a human dead set on making contact but that is a very dangerous misconception. In a park with predators roaming around like grizzly bears and mountain lions, bison stand above all other species when it comes to injuring the most tourists.
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Heck, that bison wasn’t even trying to attack her. But, she was being stupid anyway.
Tourons as they’re called... They get what they deserve.
Not to mention that other than humans, they are the only cute things that can carry Hansen’s Disease (leprosy).
They really are. Cows aren’t safe either.
Buffalos got manhandled by Cornhuskers yesterday.
Dear democrats-become a buffalo whisperer! Pet them, ride them, smack them in the face to show affection!
Clueless Chinese tourists. They’re everywhere. There should be an app that shows you how to avoid them. I could have used it many times in the past few years.
I don’t have TV. But was at a ill friend’s house recently and there are shows after shows about vets and wild animals.
Crazy shows. Where when the wild animal dies the people all cry. Animals like kangaroos which are disease dozen nucensnce animals.
I had a deer follow me all the way up the trail at the north rim of the grand canyon. Getting aggressive. Damn people who feed these creatures!
I flood their burrows ce a year. They are omniviors and eat each other. We had an over population that kept trying to get In the house. Along with red a d grey squirrels. I flood burrows a d the hawks and eagles make the squirrels disappear
Buffalo Wild Wings commercials don’t help! /sarc
I worked on a bison ranch for a few years, and they are far far faster, more agile, and more powerful than people realize. You don’t mess with bison- they rule their domain.
We had a neighbor who had a “pet bison” that eventually gored him. He survived the initial wound to the stomach, but infection set in and he died from that. The wife tried to make it sound like it was an accident that her husband was gored, but I seriously doubt it was- bison are never to be trusted no matter how “tame” a person thinks that they are.
I drove through a park with Bison - in a Toyota Tercel...
A bison started trotting right beside me and it made the car seem like a little tin box - no way I’d approach one in the wild - it had to weigh over 2k lbs...and could have destroyed the car if it decided to.
As a frequent tourist to places with live bison in the open, I thought people understood that they are VERY MUCH wild animals & that you never approach them openly. I guess after seeing how some folks act around them, that this is not necessarily true.
As a frequent tourist to places with live bison in the open, I thought people understood that they are VERY MUCH wild animals & that you never approach them openly. I guess after seeing how some folks act around them, that this is not necessarily true.
Those bison are always in a crappy mood, but still not nearly as bad as the Brown Bears.
Had to laugh — at the end, she’s protecting her phone.
Looks like typical Asian tourists.
THAT would have made a GREAT VIDEO !!!
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