Very.
They are huge, fast, wild animals with horns. With could go wrong?
People watch too many movies and TV shows that anthropomorphize animals.
Just leave the wild animals alone, people!
A European could not understand why I would shoot a raccoon, it was so soft and cute it must be harmless. I showed him the skull and asked if the teeth looked soft and cute.
I have friend who for 30 years has maintained a herd of 70- 90 buffalo. He works them like cattle and runs them through welded pipe chutes and enclosures. He NEVER trusts one or turns his back.
Lots of stories, but my favorite is when two youngish 1000 pounds males were fighting in a small pen. One gored the other and lifted him up and over an 8 ft high pipe fence. The other was unhurt and looked around like it was no big deal. But, now out where the cowboys were, they all ran to safety until peace reigned in the pen.
I blame Disney. People get trained by anthropomorphized cartoon animals to think all creatures are cuddly. There is very little contact with real large animals, wild or otherwise. This can go sideways in the blink of an eye. Bison are large, powerful, easily pissed off critters.
I was eating lunch at Yellowstone when out from the nearby woods came a bull buffalo.
I sat still as he walked 5 feet behind me.
If you try to touch him how would he know you’re not trying to hurt him?
So I sat still.
Don’t be stupid and stupid things won’t happen.
typical Asian tourist?
I think these are the same people who are afraid of guns, which have same volition as a head of cabbage.
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.
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 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.
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.