Yellowstone tourists on snowmobiles come within feet of bison herd, video shows

Miami Herald ^ | FEBRUARY 16, 2021 | MADDIE CAPRON

[SJackson]

A Yellowstone tourist group came within feet of a bison herd, video shows. SCREENGRAB FROM STORYFUL

A group of Yellowstone tourists came nearly face-to-face with a herd of huge bison, video showed.

Tourists were lined up to get a view of the national park during the winter. The tour group encountered a herd of bison surrounding them, video showed.

The huge animals were on both sides of the group. They were running across the line of tourists to get to the other side, video showed.

Some bison charged near the group and many were within feet of tourists, the video showed.

Video at link

[metmom]

City dwellers that buy their meat in plastic packaging and visit petting zoos have a false sense of security around wild animals.

I attribute that to two things.

Idiot wildlife researchers who go out and live among the animals and befriend them, like Jane Goodall.

And Disney.

[FrankRizzo890]

Kids, bison aren’t cows. They’re smart and aggressive. You’d do well to stay AWAY from them.

FWIW, they’re also DELICIOUS.

[zaxtres]

Bison live there, the people are intruders.

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Correction, Bison are kept there and are only allowed to roam certain areas. If they were allowed to roam where they wanted they would roam as far as into Canada down into Mexico, as far as Utah and almost to the East Coast. Suffice it to say Bison roamed around 80 to 90 percent of the North American Continent. And there are two types of North American Bison, tree and plains Bison.

[Rebelbase]

Direct link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWBOLer7T04&ab_channel=StoryfulRightsManagement

[Rebelbase]

Don't open your car doors or put the top down.

[Dilbert San Diego]

This reminds me of the story, of how the American Buffalo are really bison, and not really buffaloes. I recall learning in school about that, but don’t remember the distinction between buffalo and bison.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

One of our ‘neighbors’ raise Buffalo for the meat. Takes FIVE years from start to finish. That’s a LOT of water and grassland and lots of hay in the winter months.

I can see them from my front porch (miles away!) and when I drive over to see them up close, I stay in my SUV, especially in Spring when the females are looking after their calves. The males are the size of a Volkswagon Bus!

[Tucker39]

I’ve snowmobiled in Yellowstone in two different winters before Bill Clinton put some assinine rules in place. Hopefully, they’re no longer in force. It’s common practice to get close to the beasts. You have no choice. They prefer to stay up on the groomed trails for easy walking. If they leave the trails it’s only to forage for food or to get water. The snow off the trails is 6 ft deep or more, and travel is nearly impossible. When a group of bison are blocking the groomed trail, you must ease your sled up toward them, rev the engine a bit in short bursts, and they will slowly, grudgingly move out of the way and let you drive by. In winter, with no new calves in the herd, there’s a different mindset, and man and buffalo cut one another a little slack. Don’t try it in summer, though.

[EinNYC]

Dopes on the Slopes.

[DannyTN]

I had bison burgers last week.

[Oil Object Insp]

You had much snow this season?

Went for a drive from Anchorage to Copper center and their didn’t seem to be much snow out that way this season.

[zaxtres]

I recall learning in school about that, but don’t remember the distinction between buffalo and bison.

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Though the terms are often used interchangeably, buffalo and bison are distinct animals. Old World “true” buffalo (Cape buffalo and water buffalo) are native to Africa and Asia. Bison are found in North America and Europe.

Both bison and buffalo are in the bovidae family, but the two are not closely related.

How did the names get so mixed up? Historians believe that early European explorers are to blame, though the details are a bit murky. According to the National Park Service, it’s possible it stemmed from the French word boeuf, meaning beef. Others posit that bison hides resembled buff coats commonly worn by military men at the time, inspiring the name. Whatever the case, the misnomer stuck.

So how do you tell the difference between buffalo and bison?
Bison have large humps at their shoulders and bigger heads than buffalo. They also have beards, as well as thick coats which they shed in the spring and early summer.

Another simple way to tell a buffalo from a bison is to look at its horns. Cape buffalo horns resemble a handlebar mustache; they have a thick, helmet-like base and curl down, then back up.

A water buffalo’s horns are large, long and curved in a crescent, while a bison’s horns are typically sharp and shorter than the average buffalo’s.

[Eska]

We haven't had enough here in Fairbanks, My well froze up a week back; hasn't ever happened and minus 60 is common up here. Not enough snow insulation around the well head. Had to steam out to melt 6 foot of ice at top of pipe, then pull pump up 20 feet and replace O ring and union at pitlass; 400 foot well at minus 30; ugh. We had a month straight of minus 30,40.

no joke, the moose are all round the house, looking in the windows, laying against house wall; they must be cold too.

those poor folks in texas must be awful cold too; not accustomed to it down in tropics.

[.44 Special]

While your at it you better re-think the cow bit. Cows can be damn dangerous, ask any cowman.