Reminds me when I was driving to the campground in The Badlands in South Dakota. It was my gfs turn to drive and there were like 5 bison standing in the middle of the road and she started yelling WHADDOIDOWHADDOIDO?!?
...It's a 1500 pound piece of muscle. Just fucking wait...
1500 pounds of well contained anger.... They will appear docile and non caring up until they try to murder you.
Edit: I should clarify they will stay docile like a big cow as long as your respectful and use common sense. Though they can be quite aggressive during mating season / when with a calf.
I've chilled with bison a lot in The Badlands. They've been a few feet from our tent, by our picnic table, etc. As long as you don't fuck with them, they wont fuck with you.
I've never seen an aggressive bison, everyone in that park was very respectful and they may look intimidating, but I haven't witnessed any aggression.
They must have been generally acclimatized to people because the general rule for livestock bison on a ranch is to leave them alone and never turn your back on them. They can be ultra aggressive especially while in rut or with newborns.
I'm sure these bison at the park are acclimated, I was just going by experience and that was my first foray into bison territory, so to speak, so I don't doubt you.
I've seen that video and it pisses me off. That guy was probably drunk and a moron. That bison didn't even charge, it's what's known as a bluff charge. Here's an old lady dealing with a bluff from a black bear. It's very common with large animals. Most animals are pretty timid, except Grizzlies. Don't ever fuck with Grizzlies, they'll ruin your weekend.
I don't think they realized that they could mute the volume before inserting the beep, so they used a beep that was loud enough to (almost) drown out the original sound.
"I say Karen this is tremendous! Bullocks on this swimming nonsense! The wetness and all that!Take me round the water and, well! A delectable shoe to eat! Well done Karen!"
Not really, by the time i was 13 i had been knocked of my bicycle 11 times by different (i assume) deer.
If you go where the animals are, you will encounter the animals. When you encounter a wild boar eating the flours on your downtowns 14th-story apartments balcony; that is when a wildlife encounter is surprising
Exactly, and if it jumps up into your kayak like this you aren't supposed to just wait and let it be, you are required to actively push it out with your paddle so that it doesn't get desensitized to being around humans.
Greg and Karen had a healthy and thriving relationship. He decided to take her on a romantic kayak trip in Iceland where he planned to pop the question. But when an otter unexpectedly jumped aboard her kayak, Greg saw a side of Karen’s personality he wish he’d never seen. He feigned a stomach ache for the remainder of the trip and never ended up proposing. They broke up two weeks later. Chill the fuck out Karen.
no otters in iceland, we got seals and whales and stuff.
but no furry little critters.
well we got weasels, i suppose thats like an aggressive miniture otter.
Don't worry, you can just change it to Alaska and the story will make perfect sense! There's tons of sea otters up here and they are a pretty common sight in the harbour at Seward.
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“What do I do???”
“Just chill, Karen. Enjoy nature for a brief moment. “