I have great respect for buffalo! I was in my truck on the passenger side when a small herd, maybe twenty or so, ran my way. I was seriously into outdoor photography so I keep shooting as they run my way. One seemed to pass almost close enough to brush me, inches away from my open window I was sorta hanging out of. My brother was driving and said part of the effect was my medium range lens, he was actually a few feet away.
I have been up close and personal with tamer buffalo but unless handled near daily, no buffalo can be called really tame or so I believe. Bad tempered, not a short fuse but no fuse at all! Having a gimp in my giddy up I carefully measure distances around them. I saw people in Yellowstone sending their kids to go pose by buffalo to take pictures. Had them walk outside the safety barriers by cliffs to get pictures too. I had to wonder if the people were that stupid or had their kids heavily insured!
The donkeys are pretty mean too, killing dogs and coyotes. I had a quarterhorse that would attack anything in her vicinity not a horse or person. Just a mean bitch. I raised her from a short yearling and not being able to get low any other way after a major back surgery I sat flat on the ground and told her to give me a hoof my wife was concerned about. We were tight. All my horses would give any hoof or load in a trailer at a word. Regardless of other things, my horses had manners!
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