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Bison attacks woman who got too close to calf

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 08 14, 2020 •  [Post 1]

Horrible. Sadly, these unfortunate incidents play out every single year when tourists (or anybody really) don't know or forget that these and others (bison, bear, moose, elk, deer, etc.) are wild animals and NOT to be taken lightly. Reminds me of the Banf (sp) Canada bull elk that put the tourist down a handful of years ago when he got too close with his camera.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/bison-south-dakota-video-motorcycle
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Re: Bison attacks woman who got too close to calf

Postby Swede » 08 14, 2020 •  [Post 2]

People have this mistaken idea that wild animals are friendly like Disney characters. We can and should appreciate them, but they are not our friend.
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Re: Bison attacks woman who got too close to calf

Postby saddlesore » 08 14, 2020 •  [Post 3]

Yellowstone park police told us more people get gored by elk than bison
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Re: Bison attacks woman who got too close to calf

Postby Lefty » 08 14, 2020 •  [Post 4]

When a friend of mine worked at Custer he hated Bison /moron duty

Where ever there are animals some tourist thinks they need to get closer
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Re: Bison attacks woman who got too close to calf

Postby wawhitey » 08 14, 2020 •  [Post 5]

Swede wrote:People have this mistaken idea that wild animals are friendly like Disney characters. We can and should appreciate them, but they are not our friend.



I had a doe here for several years that seemed to think we were friends. Also years ago when i lived on the puget sound i had a few raccoons that were pretty friendly too. Little rascals would get on the couch, climb on my lap and feel my face, hands, mess with my shoelaces.. funny little bastards.
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Re: Bison attacks woman who got too close to calf

Postby Swede » 08 14, 2020 •  [Post 6]

I used to live trap chipmunks and place them in a cage. They would become quite tame. They can be tamed alright, but if you get too aggressive, too soon, you can get bit. I suppose you could tame a bison, but if you don't know what you are doing, you could get killed too. Timothy Treadwell thought the Brown bears were his friends. They just tolerated him until they got hungry.
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Re: Bison attacks woman who got too close to calf

Postby Magic » 08 15, 2020 •  [Post 7]

Sorta like Reindeer and Caribou. Leave the gate open and all Reindeer instantly become Caribou.
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Re: Bison attacks woman who got too close to calf

Postby Swede » 08 15, 2020 •  [Post 8]

Are you telling us that Santa Claus was running caribou?
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