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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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.
As a child I had two baby raccoons as pets (stepfather was a trapper). They were relatively harmless ... until they weren’t. There are many people who have somewhat domesticated pwt raccoons but there is always a danger with wild animals. ALWAYS.
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.
[They are huge, fast, wild animals with horns. With could go wrong?]
Just to be clear, are we talking about the cast of “The View” or perhaps some other creatures?
Thanks in advance
Several years ago, I mentioned on Facebook that our family had killed several armadillos on our land.
Some idiot took exception to that and carried on about how they were harmless and insinuated that we were right wingnuts with guns that killed everything in sight for fun.
He had no idea how invasive they are and how much damage their burrowing does to our land.
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.
: )
They stay out in the woods, we have no problem. But the area around the cabin and shed are off limits to burrowing critters.
> Just to be clear, are we talking about the cast of “The View” or perhaps some other creatures?
Some other creatures. The creatures on "The View" are not fast.
Would you believe:
HALF fast???
typical Asian tourist?
I think these are the same people who are afraid of guns, which have same volition as a head of cabbage.
They can run at full speed and turn on a dime.
Beware of the bulls during the rut and especially when calf and cow are around
A buffalo ranch near Wright Wyoming had fences that were 15 feet high.
The ranch provide meat for restaurants around the country.
The ranch owner told me that they slaughtered the buffalo before they turned two because after that they had the strength to leap over the fences.
The fences around Custer State Park aren’t that high but pretty close
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