Touron in Yellowstone
Apr 22, 2018 06:30:31 #
DaveO wrote:
This guy kept approaching a bison, even though warned by snorting and an upright tail. We were a safe distance off and not prepared to take photos. Poor quality, but you get the idea.
Thank goodness for a patch of trees.
Google the term "touron" if you're not sure what it is.
Thank goodness for a patch of trees.
Google the term "touron" if you're not sure what it is.
Lol...good captures Dave😂
Apr 22, 2018 07:41:48 #
Shellback wrote:
Is that Mrs Moron in the trees?
Hmmm... Looks like she is texting, too!😳
Apr 22, 2018 07:43:45 #
Apr 22, 2018 08:14:49 #
Apr 22, 2018 08:40:16 #
The "Tourons" of Yellowstone would make a bestseller book if they all had pictures like this!
I once watched a touron walk up to a Buffalo ( Bison to non Westerners! Lol) that was peacefully laying down in a dust wallow chewing his cud when the touron carrying a very small child in his arms walked up & slapped it on the flank! I could see small puffs of dust rise up with each slap!!!! Unbelievable as it seems the Buffalo just turned his head & looked at him in wonder I suppose. We all were holding our breaths!
I once watched a touron walk up to a Buffalo ( Bison to non Westerners! Lol) that was peacefully laying down in a dust wallow chewing his cud when the touron carrying a very small child in his arms walked up & slapped it on the flank! I could see small puffs of dust rise up with each slap!!!! Unbelievable as it seems the Buffalo just turned his head & looked at him in wonder I suppose. We all were holding our breaths!
Apr 22, 2018 09:13:26 #
I was watching a show just last night on the national park service and how feeding bears was allowed and actually encouraged (well sort of) prior to the 1960s. Why is it that some humans just don't get that interacting with wild animals, regardless of size, is not a good idea? And never ever feed alligators, bears, and sharks.
Apr 22, 2018 09:19:10 #
Apr 22, 2018 09:39:37 #
Good sequence. Will they never learn? They are called wild animals for a reason.
Apr 22, 2018 09:59:58 #
TBerwick wrote:
If there velociraptors in the park there would be idiots trying to let them.
LOL! There are many improprieties that create harm and danger to both the park and visitors. Here are some examples. http://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/yellowstone-geyser-damage
Apr 22, 2018 10:43:49 #
Apr 22, 2018 10:53:54 #
Nice pictures... of “idiot in action” ( sorry I don’t mean to be disrespectful by referring to the person as an idiot).
Apr 22, 2018 11:24:42 #
When we were there a few years back the visitors center ran and endless loop video of a guy being charged by a bison who threw him about 30 feet in the air and then stomped him after he hit the ground. It wasn't pretty, but it seems that they cannot do enough to convince people not to be stupid. I volunteer at a wetlands and occasionally (thankfully, only occasionally) I will see someone sitting at the edge of the water with a young child. When I remind them that there are large alligators which can lunge quickly and unexpectedly and have their child for lunch they sometimes get very pissy with me. I'm thinking: Hey - YOU can be stupid all you want, but don't feed your kid to the alligators!!!
Apr 22, 2018 12:26:18 #
Apr 22, 2018 13:45:54 #
For two summers in the late 50's I worked at the Fishing Bridge store in Yellowstone. The two most insane questions I sometimes got were: "What time to they turn on the geysers?" and "What time do they let the animals out?"
Go figure.
Go figure.
Apr 22, 2018 14:54:27 #
Out to prove he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Might be why bison are called Wild Animals and not pets, leave the alone. Interesting series.
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