{"id":36,"date":"2006-05-25T17:01:10","date_gmt":"2006-05-25T22:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/wordpress\/?p=36"},"modified":"2007-03-04T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2007-03-04T20:40:16","slug":"36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2006\/05\/25\/36","title":{"rendered":"Buffaloes are tougher than Bears?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received these pictures from a good friend who lives up in Montana.&nbsp; They are pretty amazing.&nbsp; I love big burly animals.&nbsp; The next couple of paragraphs explain where, what and when.<\/p>\n<p>The pictures were taken in Fountain Flats, which is about 10 miles from  Old  Faithful. The  buff-griz encounter is one of the coolest things that I have seen during the  15 years that I have lived in the park.<\/p>\n<p>The pictures appear in  chronological order. The bear walked across the road in front of me and  started chasing the buffalo herd across the field. Eventually one of the cows challenged the griz and ran him off. The last picture shows how the cow and bear were running in parallel circles around the herd, with the  bull on the inside track.<\/p>\n<p>These photos and more can be seen on http:\/\/www.yellowstoneecology.com\/, which is where the photos oiginated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/image005.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image\/image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received these pictures from a good friend who lives up in Montana.&nbsp; They are pretty amazing.&nbsp; I love big burly animals.&nbsp; The next couple of paragraphs explain where, what and when. 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