...I wanna brushy brushy that molting hair off, I bet with a good combing he'll feel so much cooler and less itchy. Come friend, I will help you!!!! :D
One time I was at the zoo with my dog and there were bison. You could feed them so they came very close to the fence. Since there was a baby bison, I guess one big bison thought my dog (a small corgi mix) was a potential predator so it got really aggressive, stamping and hitting the fence. My dog got scared and went behind me and tried pushing me towards the bison with her head, lol. She thought I’d fight the bison for her.
I'm guessing the person shooting this is inside a vehicle. If they get this close, staying quiet and inside your car until they decide to move to a safe distance is the correct move.
I'm not sure we should be making fun of this one. According to all the witnesses, he was standing well away from the bison when it attacked, in accordance with what park staff tell visitors. Wild animals are going to be wild animals of course, but there are other, bigger jerks in Yellowstone.
One could argue that bison acted in an unpredictable manner but all wild life can and will be unpredictable so the only thing you can predict wildlife to do is act unpredictably. Only thing he could have done differently was not put himself in a situation where one would need to run if you yourself are too old to run
he may not have even been aware a bison was in the area. they'll usually put out a warning but he was on a walk with his grandson from a different area, and had the misfortune to come in range. in this instance it's no different than accidentally coming on a bear in the woods. I was ready to blame him too, but in this one instance there was nothing he could do (except avoid bison territory altogether which is a different conversation ).
I understand animals can be more than unpredictable, and that precautions should be made. My point is, the tourist wasn't being obnoxious, wasn't that close either. Dude just had bad luck, and I find the joke to be in bad taste. These people however were extremely dumb and would deserve getting turned into a meme
Look i agree, gramps was pretty far away and wasn't really doing anything but when it comes to wild animals if you are within charging distance you are in fact too close. We are just really used to getting away with it.
goFyourselves
Historical
goFyourselves
Historically, nothing bad has ever happened when getting this close to a bison. Especially nothing recent.
Degarafarat
The Tourist Launch System
StonesTwice
I think that big unit is called Hank. Last summer he had a pair of jeans hanging off his horn.
TryTheGrayStuffItsDelicious
I know I’m not supposed to pet the fluffy cows but they’re so fluffy!!
ShimmerinStrider
Sometimes they don't care. The times that they do care though, epic
RedTailedHawk
RetrogradeLlama
Mating season. It's an especially bad time to be this close to Bison.
Kazpur81S
Must’ve just dropped his kid off at college…
laner7112000
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spidermenz
G081
From what I saw yesterday, you don’t wanna piss them off!
FelonyRaptor
Wanna get yeeted by a bison?
YIL that's how you get yeeted by a bison.
CyberWizard252
I can hear my father's voice now...."Pick up your damn feet!"
DasBeaker
Buffalo SWOLDIER am I right??? Ha ha ha ha! Ahem.
datphone777365
Ive seen enough pappys flying to not be near a fuzzy murder thang.
WellThereYouAre
NEED A BANANA FOR SCALE
vonKaiser
How about a GMC Yukon?
stronomer
Moo!
BadBunnyLadyOfRocksTreesAndDirt
...I wanna brushy brushy that molting hair off, I bet with a good combing he'll feel so much cooler and less itchy. Come friend, I will help you!!!! :D
Currahee63
Big shaggy was the nickname for them. I can see why
TemporarilyEmbarrassedThousandaire
Just put up cow brushes and stand well back
jjw9
This kills the hooman
randomwalrus
Good thing I ain't no hooman. I help all the friends. Max brushies for friendos.
kaijuuGold
buffalo soldier dreadlock rasta -bmarley
narniasreal
One time I was at the zoo with my dog and there were bison. You could feed them so they came very close to the fence. Since there was a baby bison, I guess one big bison thought my dog (a small corgi mix) was a potential predator so it got really aggressive, stamping and hitting the fence. My dog got scared and went behind me and tried pushing me towards the bison with her head, lol. She thought I’d fight the bison for her.
wucebrillis81
He learned humans fly !
Dannoboyo
That's my purse ! I don't know you !!!
spontaneous9
He molt enough to know better.
absinthemindedprofessor
edwardthemightypup
Based on the panning sense of the distance would imply there was a lot, A LOT, of luck that the Bison didn't just mind the photographers business too
KuldFyt
I'm guessing the person shooting this is inside a vehicle. If they get this close, staying quiet and inside your car until they decide to move to a safe distance is the correct move.
CallMeCourierSix
Wanna know how big they can get? REALLY FUCKIN' HUGE!
CptRobotNinja
It's unreal to be near one. You really don't expect them to be as big as they are
Quizz25S
Just recently there was an elderly man attacked by a bison in yellow stone and he was nowhere near it when it saw him and went after him.
scottgarland12
He was in fact, in a campground
Purplecoconut
And yeeted the man metres into the air, breaking his femur
januarylover
I can't be trusted to mind my own business around the fluffy cows. Urge to pet is too strong.
L0rdinquisit0r
left hoof dragging?
ThM1ck
Oh, yeah. Maybe they are older?
DoggosAreLife
Yeah looks like it, could be from a ferocious battle with another male, those can be brutal.
KaijuIsekai
Maybe it just itches.
BeardedWonder82
0xBADA55
At that height he’s probably started to rack up air miles
someguy7734206
I'm sorry, are we seriously making jokes about this guy as if it's his own fault he was injured by that bison? We need to be better than this, people.
RElGNMAN
nasukkin
I'm not sure we should be making fun of this one. According to all the witnesses, he was standing well away from the bison when it attacked, in accordance with what park staff tell visitors. Wild animals are going to be wild animals of course, but there are other, bigger jerks in Yellowstone.
Karma1970
tex65
Dude did nothing wrong and broke a hip. Very funny!
elucca
Yeah people are so used to the idea that everyone who's attacked was being an idiot that they kneejerk and mock everyone. He was just unlucky.
Kilo11
One could argue that bison acted in an unpredictable manner but all wild life can and will be unpredictable so the only thing you can predict wildlife to do is act unpredictably. Only thing he could have done differently was not put himself in a situation where one would need to run if you yourself are too old to run
billiebitkiller
he may not have even been aware a bison was in the area. they'll usually put out a warning but he was on a walk with his grandson from a different area, and had the misfortune to come in range. in this instance it's no different than accidentally coming on a bear in the woods. I was ready to blame him too, but in this one instance there was nothing he could do (except avoid bison territory altogether which is a different conversation
).
Kilo11
You just completely invented a whole scenario in your head, wow
billiebitkiller
bruh what do you mean I just looked it up old man was on a walk with his grandson Google is (still) free (for now)
tex65
I understand animals can be more than unpredictable, and that precautions should be made. My point is, the tourist wasn't being obnoxious, wasn't that close either. Dude just had bad luck, and I find the joke to be in bad taste. These people however were extremely dumb and would deserve getting turned into a meme
Kilo11
Look i agree, gramps was pretty far away and wasn't really doing anything but when it comes to wild animals if you are within charging distance you are in fact too close. We are just really used to getting away with it.
tex65
I'll agree with you on that. It just frustrates me that the guy is getting meme'd when he really doesn't deserve it.