At Yellowstone, a bison gored a Phoenix woman, causing injuries to her chest and abdomen. A Minnesota woman was hurt in her abdomen and foot at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

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  • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Is this common? People do get attacked by cows in the UK but it’s usually because they have a dog with them and the cows have had a bad experience with dogs in the past or something.

    • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      It’s relatively common at Yellowstone, BOTH because bison are fucking massive and because tourists are idiots who typically can’t follow simple directions like “Stay 25 yards away AT ALL TIMES. BISON ARE DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS, YOU MONKEY”.

      In all fairness, this case may have just been bad luck, as it sounds like they did most things correctly, and just happened to unfortunately round a corner into a pair of bison. But we’ll have to wait to see for sure.

    • QuinceDaPence@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      People tend to think the “park” in National Park means it’s a controlled environment like a zoo. They don’t understand it’s the rugged wilderness just with some roads and structures that are just to mitigate the damage from too many tourists, and the animals are dangerous wild animals.

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      2 years ago

      Well, bison are a lot bigger than cows, and they’re not domesticated . Also, people are idiots. I don’t know if these women were being idiots, I couldn’t read the article because paywall, but I’m not holding my breath on the matter.

  • BertramDitore@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I hope she’s okay.

    I wonder if bison have some form of genetic memory. If so, they might have a beef with us humans…