Yellowstone Park advises against selfies with bison

BBC News ^ | 7/23/2015

[McGruff]

A series of injuries at Yellowstone National Park has officials warning tourists that selfies and bison don't mix.

A 43-year-old Mississippi woman was thrown into the air recently after she turned her back on a bison to take a photo of herself with it.

[Auntie Dem]

Bison are considered the second most dangerous of North American animals. (Grizzly bears being the most dangerous and cougars being the third)

Was that a Gallup Poll? (or a Gallop Poll) ;)

[gr8eman]

I agree! Natural law and all of that!

[McGruff]

“We almost drove the bison extinct at one point.”

Are they still pissed about that?

[McGruff]

[b4its2late]

Stupid is putting it mildly. LOL

[hadaclueonce]

Bison are considered the second most dangerous of North American animals

You don't want to pet a moose calf either....

[Auntie Dem]

As a teenager in the 60’s two friends and I went to Yellowstone on our Yamaha 100cc Twin motorcycles. We had been told the bears wouldn’t bother us because they were afraid of motorcycles.

Uhhh...not so much. It’s a good thing we were teenagers and immortal otherwise we would have been bear food.

[hadaclueonce]

And many people have been Buffaloed by Gore..., just saying

[X-spurt]

That would eventually solve a lot of very big problems.

[jonascord]

"I see stupid people. They're everywhere."

And they don't they are stupid. They pay extra for gluten free, they vote, they 'know' it's Settled Science.

We're doomed.

[Jane Austen]

lol

[circlecity]

Hey, hold muh beer for a second while I take a selfie with this bison.....

[BitWielder1]

Do not get too close to wildlife, especially when significantly bigger than you are.
Good advice anytime.
Wild animals are UNPREDICTABLE and they don't have anything like the #1 and #2 of the three laws of robotics.

[Covenantor]

Park rules say people should stay at least 75ft (23m) away from the bison. The massive beasts can weigh more than 2,000 pounds (900kg) and can move extremely quickly...and the avg. bison is five foot high at the shoulders with some at six foot. The largest bison , raised for meat have weighed in over 3000 lbs.

There's a youtube video of a Yellowstone bison attacking a car. Most notable is the size of the bison, which straddles the lane with hind hoofs right on the edge of the road and head at the center line.

Silly folk most likely didn't notice the spring calves present. Enough to send any member of the herd into a fit, much less one that is as close as the other side of the living room. Guess that wooly head makes them look cute.

[McGruff]

Natural selection is Darwin’s most famous theory; it states that evolutionary change comes through the production of variation in each generation and differential survival of individuals with different combinations of these variable characters. Individuals with characteristics which increase their probability of survival will have more opportunities to reproduce and their offspring will also benefit from the heritable, advantageous character. So over time these variants will spread through the population.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Why would you want any pictures of yourself?

[McGruff]

In her elder years grandma started making mistakes. God bless her.

[TADSLOS]

Actually, the signs are posted in multiple languages with graphics. One would think that warning signs and a smidgen of common sense would be all that's needed. Wrong.

[Puppage]

Yellowstone Park advises against selfies with bison

And, these are the people that need the "don't plug in toaster and take in the bathtub with you" stickers on all their appliances.

[MeshugeMikey]

at least she wasnt GORED...