Lovely close-up views of those magnificent beasts in their natural environment TT.  Glad to see you stayed near your car to be safe.  Had to smile as you emphasised the OOPS!  moment by repeating it twice more    Great video.

Very impressive!

Good bit of footage TT.
Covering the animals and pasture was a good touch.
I had my P4P for years before I discovered they'd supplied a lanyard. I don't use it even though I've had a couple of your moments but it is there.

They seem to be rather good natured ;-) But I wouldn't want to argue with them either.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-13 05:22
Lovely close-up views of those magnificent beasts in their natural environment TT.  Glad to see you stayed near your car to be safe.  Had to smile as you emphasised the OOPS!  moment by repeating it twice more    Great video.

Thanks, Blériot!

I was not as close as the video looks. I was using a 10x lens. I was also sitting in the car bracing my hands on the door so I could shoot steadier video.

People die trying to approach them. Here, they don't have the bumper to bumper auto traffic to contend with like in Yellowstone, so they mostly ignore the cars and even people. They have a respect for size, and the car looks really big, though they are strong enough to turn one over.

Depp Posted at 6-13 06:39
They seem to be rather good natured ;-) But I wouldn't want to argue with them either.

They mostly ignore people, but they CAN change their minds in a moment!

sky wombat Posted at 6-13 06:14
Good bit of footage TT.
Covering the animals and pasture was a good touch.
I had my P4P for years before I discovered they'd supplied a lanyard. I don't use it even though I've had a couple of your moments but it is there.

Thanks, Sky!

Is a Sky Wombat a creature from Avatar the Last Airbender?

They were all around the road, in fact, I had to stop as a large group crossed the road. I used a longish lens to get the closeups, though they were still too close to step very far from the car.

Lanyard would not have helped. My Eagles Views Aerial tablet fell off the remote. I was trying to hold the remote by my side so viewers might not notice it. Made for a funny.

Montfrooij Posted at 6-13 05:42
Very impressive!

Thanks!

Are you Peter Montfrooij who commented on ewetewb?

Tentoes Posted at 6-13 13:09
Thanks, Blériot!

I was not as close as the video looks. I was using a 10x lens. I was also sitting in the car bracing my hands on the door so I could shoot steadier video.

I've seeen video of enraged elephants and rhinos battering 4x4s and jeeps in Africa.
I guess those bison are easily capable of the same sort of mayhem if provoked.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-13 13:17
I've seeen video of enraged elephants and rhinos battering 4x4s and jeeps in Africa.
I guess those bison are easily capable of the same sort of mayhem if provoked.

People who work with them say they are much like cattle, but wilder, stronger and smarter. They can look over a gate and realize there is nothing keeping them from lifting it off the hinges. They'll file this info away, and some hot, sunny day, you'll find they have lifted the gate and set it aside and are all enjoying the shade tree way over there.

Tentoes Posted at 6-13 13:26
People who work with them say they are much like cattle, but wilder, stronger and smarter. They can look over a gate and realize there is nothing keeping them from lifting it off the hinges. They'll file this info away, and some hot, sunny day, you'll find they have lifted the gate and set it aside and are all enjoying the shade tree way over there.

They know no bounds

Surely they have their gentle side, but also the more dangerous one if they get annoyed at you. Well filmed

HGDC84 Posted at 6-13 14:14
Surely they have their gentle side, but also the more dangerous one if they get annoyed at you. Well filmed

Yea, I don't know anyone who pets their bison like their cows.

Excellent footage TT.  

Tentoes Posted at 6-13 13:15
Thanks!

Are you Peter Montfrooij who commented on ewetewb?

You're welcome.
Yes, that is the one and only Montfrooij

Great video Tentoes.    Some really nice closeup shots of those amazing animals.

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-14 01:59
Great video Tentoes.    Some really nice closeup shots of those amazing animals.

Thanks, Downtown!

I was amazed to get such shots.

DAFlys Posted at 6-14 01:03
Excellent footage TT.

Thanks, DAFlys!

Tentoes Posted at 6-13 15:47
Yea, I don't know anyone who pets their bison like their cows.

They probably have enough of a self-preservation instinct to not do that

Tentoes Posted at 6-14 04:46
Thanks, Downtown!

I was amazed to get such shots.

You're very welcome Tentoes.  It's nice that you have some bison around to watch or see.  I saw a bunch up in Montana years back but haven't seen one in Florida yet.  

Tentoes Posted at 6-14 04:48
Thanks, DAFlys!

Its my pleasure TT.     

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-14 15:51
You're very welcome Tentoes.  It's nice that you have some bison around to watch or see.  I saw a bunch up in Montana years back but haven't seen one in Florida yet.

That's because they are afraid of alligators.

Tentoes Posted at 6-15 04:41
That's because they are afraid of alligators.

You're probably right about that.  Especially when they get to be 700 pounds like this one captured on a local golf course.

When walking on gravel you seem to put the ball of your foot down first, if I may ask why is that? On grass it looks to be heel first.
Does the first one have a broken tail?
I wonder what it was like to see huge herds of those roaming the plains?

Sean-bumble-bee Posted at 6-17 06:15
When walking on gravel you seem to put the ball of your foot down first, if I may ask why is that? On grass it looks to be heel first.
Does the first one have a broken tail?
I wonder what it was like to see huge herds of those roaming the plains?

1. Walking barefoot is kindof complicated. Lots depends on the surface. That gravel is little rocks with sharp, broken edges, perhaps intended to discourage barefoot brats.

2. I don't think so, but then, I don't study bison tails. Perhaps it just pooped.

3. And they even had to walk through them

A couple years ago, I came across a huge group. There were about 2500 in the preserve at the time, and most of them must have been together!



(That was before I learned to speak in my videos.)

WoW that is Awesome TenToes!!

O0O j0hnny O0O Posted at 6-17 08:38
WoW that is Awesome TenToes!!

Thanks, O0O j0hnny O0O!

Tentoes Posted at 6-17 09:59
Thanks, O0O j0hnny O0O!

you are welcome.
thank you for some ideas ;) .