I did a little off-roading while my wife was in class yesterday.
Startled this large herd of elk. The photo only shows maybe 1/3 of them.
I live in NW Montana and have sometimes had to wait for 10-15 minutes while a massive herd of elk crossed a back road in front of me from one fenced property to another. As is your photo, they’re mostly cows and calves, with only a few bulls in the herd. Since there is a lot of open range around here we frequently see them moving from one grazing area to another.
The last time I was in Yellowstone there was an enormous bull elk walking through a parking lot. I was amazed to see tourists running up to it for a photo as if they were in Disneyland. The rangers panicked and shouted at them to get away, and they mostly did. To his credit, the bull simply ignored the pesky humans and continued on his way.
I’ve seen the same thing happen with Bison (Buffalo). There are signs in Montana that say “Welcome to Montana! Please don’t pet the fluffy cows”, which is good advice.
Can I just say here, beowulff, for one moment, that I have a new theory about the Brontosaurus?
I’m all ears…
(or eyes, rather).
Do any of them have a theory?
Oh, wow.
I got wooshed on my own joke.
It’s been so long since I saw the sketch that all I could remember was the name.
Aaaaaa-hem!
Ready?
Okay, but right up front, I’m going to say that I’ve done a lot of research online and I’ve decided that I’m not going to buy any theories that say it’s small at one end.
Well, how about the other end?
Oh, I’m sure you’ll claim that you’re “just asking questions”… but you can’t convince any of us that you’re somehow blissfully unaware of all the conspiracy theories about the OE (Other End), so don’t act naïve.
If you have your own theory, which is yours, just take a stand. But none of this “Well, how about-ism”!
Hmm. Who really put you up to writing that?
So you are one of those pernicious Big-Endians!
I’m a centrist.
One of my favorite IG sites is Tourons of Yellowstone. I’m always rooting for the animals when humans crowd their spaces.
https://instagram.com/touronsofyellowstone?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=