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Do not taunt the bison

This old man did not taunt the bison at all, and was respectful and cautious, but that didn’t help him. Wild animals are scary; we’ve been to Yellowstone, and were extremely careful to avoid the beasts.

Yikes. That guy was spinning through the air; he survived, but apparently suffered some serious injuries.

Yellowstone officials warns on the park’s website that the animals in the park “are wild and dangerous, no matter how docile they may appear to be” – and the best way to view them is from inside a car.

Officials advise visitors to stay at least 100 yards (90 meters) away from bears, wolves and cougars – and a minimum of 25 yards away from all other animals, including bison and elk.

Here in Minnesota we’d add moose to that list.

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  2. John Morales says

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/buffalo-vision-blaine-knott
    Buffalo Vision
    Published Jul 8, 2020

    The buffalo hunt meant a lot of different things to the Indigenous populations of North America. It meant food and clothing, tools and utensils, and most of all a spirit being that blessed these populations with everything they needed to survive. Indigenous hunters harvested buffalo herds in a number of ways. They used stealth or subterfuge, by cloaking themselves in wolf skins or mimicking the cries of a bison calf, to get within bow and arrow range, or coordinating a funneling of a smaller herd towards a cliff (buffalo jump) or a corral, which contributed to a larger kill. The buffalo that plummeted over the cliff were either killed in the fall or butchered immediately where they lay. Understandably, a major part of Indigenous life on the Plains was oriented around the movement of the buffalo herds. The buffalo’s habits and kinds were studied intensely, and virtually every part of the beast was put to some utilitarian use. And the reverence for the buffalo, related him directly to the Great Mystery or Creator.

  3. dennyk says

    Not sure why they left moose off the list. Wyoming has plenty and they are also very dangerous.

  4. Rob Grigjanis says

    When I was living in Edmonton, I did a bike trip with some friends to, and through, Elk Island National Park. Biking through the park, came across a bison having a lie-down in the road. Some of my friends, being bolder than me, just biked past it, within a couple metres. I decided to wait until a car came by, and rode by with the car between me and the beast (they are fucking huge). The better part of valour, etc.

  6. Big Boppa says

    I once saw a woman try to sit her 2 to 3 year old kid on the back of a bison at Yellowstone. Luckily for them, the bison ambled off slowly and she never got close enough. A nearby ranger caught up to her though and I don’t think the experience ended on a high note.

  7. beholder says

    At least, if you do taunt the bison, have a getaway plan ready.

    I try to keep a grand prismatic spring between myself and any highly kinetic beef stew ingredients.

  9. Rob Grigjanis says

    Kathi Rick @5:

    yeah, i know, there’s something wrong with me

    Well, at least it’s good that you know that.

  10. larpar says

    Way back when, my family was on vacation and we went to a drive through wild life park. I think it was in Missouri. My youngest brother, probably 5 or 6 at the time, was in the far back of the station wagon taking a nap. He woke up to a giant bison head staring in the back side window. Scared him to death. 50 years later and I think he still has nightmares.

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