Posted on 01/05/2024 10:50:14 AM PST by Red Badger
Bison are responsible for more injuries than any other animal at Yellowstone, including bears and snakes
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All visitors to Yellowstone National Park are warned to give the animals plenty of space, but sometimes that advice goes in one ear and out the other, as one tourist recently demonstrated. Ignoring official advice not to pet the fluffy cows, the man approached a particularly large bison and asked if he could stroke its fur. Excited, he then asked whether he could ride it before being startled back by the animal's bristling reaction.
A video of the close call (which you can see below) was shared this week via infamous Instagram account TouronsOfYellowstone, which highlights bad behavior at US National Parks, often involving wildlife. Other encounters have included a man tearing off his shirt and chasing bears, a woman burning herself dabbling her fingers in a hot spring, and a person strolling barefoot on Grand Prismatic.
VIDEO AT LINK.............
This particular encounter ended peacefully, but not everyone is so lucky. Bison are responsible for more injuries at Yellowstone National Park than any other animal according to the National Park Service, and although they may seem calm at first, their mood can change in an instant. Last summer, two people were injured by bison at US National Parks within the space of a week.
Bison safety According to a 2019 study by Utah State University, bison injured 56 people and killed two at Yellowstone between 1978 and 1992, and injured a further 25 people between 2000 and 2015. Of those, 10 were thrown into the air, nine were headbutted, and six were gored. Almost half required hospitalization as a result.
Park visitors are advised to stay at least 25 yards (23 meters) away from bison at all times, and remember that the safest place to view wildlife is from your car. Never approach a bison, and be alert for changes in behavior such as animals raising their tails, pawing the ground, and vocalizing, all of which are signs that they are disturbed by your presence and may charge.
For more advice, see our guides how to avoid being gored by a bison and wildlife safety: eight tips for unexpected encounters.
Humans do weird things.
If you want to do something no one else ever has you must be extremely creative.
Maybe ride a Komodo Dragon?
Although I have no doubt a drunk Aussie beat you to it but you could be the first to do a podcast while riding a Komodo Dragon.
Riding Bison sounds fun, until the Bison wants his turn.
Once the Native Americans killed off the horse,
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NA horses were killed off in the same cataclysm that killed the mega fauna - Nates had nothing to do with it.
Don’t pet the Fluffy Cows.
“For more advice, see our guides how to avoid being gored by a bison...”
Really? Isn’t that like saying check out our cautions about drinking sulfuric acid? If recent stories don’t work on these idiots, nothing will.
I’ve heard they also have an aversion to people on roller skates.
Sacred buffalo dung requires a friendly tail wave to indicate the drying process has started. See pipe igniter Sitting Bull description.
Yep!..............
Ancient Roger Miller reference.
Yes. A horn goring your gut is another of nature's little warning signs.
Oh gee, really?
But my teeth need moisturizing!
Exactly correct...... the horses were wiped out by some, cataclysmic event. My money is on the super volcano. If interested, research the super volcano path from Calif to its present location. (It’s still moving N-NE too) The geology maps it all. Very fascinating stuff.
I understand your pain Bob, life certainly isn't fair.
Just curious, have you given any thought to be the first person to swim the Rio Grande into Mexico carrying an illegal on your back, helping him to return home? That would certainly be a first and maybe even eligible for the Guinness Book of World Records?
Give it some thought.......
This guy is going to end up being the Timothy Treadwell of Bison.
He should visit Everglades National Park and pet the alligators and pythons............
But he must be a friendly bison, did you not see he was wagging his tail?! LOL
Earth passed through the comet Enke debris 10800BC and was hit with several asteroids over a mile in diameter mostly in North America around the Great Lakes region or just north of them; the ice shards from the ice cap landed where now are the Carolina Bays and Nebraska Rainwater Ponds.
The bombardment lasted 100 years, creating firestorms and leaving behind the thick black mat geological layer from burning off 4% of Earth’s vegetation and a sizable potion of its oxygen.
This catastrophe ushered in the Younger Dryas Event which lasted 1000 years until the Earth passed though the debris field again and something hit again, ending the Event. Sea level rose on average 400 feet worldwide as the ice melted.
Like today, most human settlements were along coasts and river mouths, all drowned by the flooding sea water.
short version
Hey this is in my backyard!
On a less serious note:
The bison didn’t let the guy buffalo him.
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