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There is a taxidermied Bison in the museum of my (Australian) city. The damned thing is HUGE. I cant imagine how terrifyingly amazing it would be to witness a

There is a taxidermied Bison in the museum of my (Australian) city. The damned thing is HUGE. I cant imagine how terrifyingly amazing it would be to witness a herd of the big bastards running across plains.

Sevii 7y ago
Its pretty terrifying to look out of your sedan at a herd of 100 bison, they are BIG.
- senectus1 7y ago
  They do a lot of Bovine farming in Australia... and they have enough trouble keeping them in their paddocks... how the hell do they make herds of say 100 Bison stay in their paddocks?!?
  - larnmar 7y ago
    Apparently, using a five foot fence instead of a four foot fence is enough https://fencing.bekaert.com/en/animal-fence-applications/cattle-and-bison-fence-needs https://fencing.bekaert.com/en/animal-fence-applications/cat... I guess also you just want to make sure that they don’t feel motivated to leave.
BLKNSLVR 7y ago
I hand-fed one through a fence in New Zealand. The fence seemed feebly inadequate if the beast was determined to escape. This beautiful, large, shaggy-headed beast was, however, very gentle, much like a regular cow.
- darksaints 7y ago
  I know a bison rancher. They have problems with them jumping the fences. He's got 5 foot tall fences, and some of them can jump the fence without touching it. They could plow right through it if they wanted, but they prefer to jump.
- abraae 7y ago
  Only tangentially related, but we had a funny incident when an American visitor staying with us told us about his visit that day to a wildlife park here in NZ. He and his wife spotted a hole in the wire netting fence enclosing the lions. They assured each other it couldn't really be a hole - after all, the park owners would be sued up the wazoo if they actually left a hole in the fence, such that a lion could potentially escape and maul a visitor. So they crept closer and closer until they realised that yes, it really was a hole and no, there was nothing else restraining the lion within. I explained to him after all this that sueing people was not really a thing here, and he should assume that any such holes were just that - an actual hole.
  - ceejayoz 7y ago
    Fences at zoos are generally for the visitors. Modern zoo design largely uses things like moats to contain the animals, as they can be hidden from visitors and need dramatically less maintenance.
mitchell_h 7y ago
I live by a large-ish herd of farm raised Bison. I've gone to visit them a few times, mainly because they boarder a national forest with great trails. They're big as heck, when they run as a herd you can feel them. Truly impressive animals.

Sevii 7y ago

Its pretty terrifying to look out of your sedan at a herd of 100 bison, they are BIG.

senectus1 7y ago
They do a lot of Bovine farming in Australia... and they have enough trouble keeping them in their paddocks... how the hell do they make herds of say 100 Bison stay in their paddocks?!?
- larnmar 7y ago
  Apparently, using a five foot fence instead of a four foot fence is enough https://fencing.bekaert.com/en/animal-fence-applications/cattle-and-bison-fence-needs https://fencing.bekaert.com/en/animal-fence-applications/cat... I guess also you just want to make sure that they don’t feel motivated to leave.

BLKNSLVR 7y ago

I hand-fed one through a fence in New Zealand. The fence seemed feebly inadequate if the beast was determined to escape. This beautiful, large, shaggy-headed beast was, however, very gentle, much like a regular cow.

darksaints 7y ago
I know a bison rancher. They have problems with them jumping the fences. He's got 5 foot tall fences, and some of them can jump the fence without touching it. They could plow right through it if they wanted, but they prefer to jump.
abraae 7y ago
Only tangentially related, but we had a funny incident when an American visitor staying with us told us about his visit that day to a wildlife park here in NZ. He and his wife spotted a hole in the wire netting fence enclosing the lions. They assured each other it couldn't really be a hole - after all, the park owners would be sued up the wazoo if they actually left a hole in the fence, such that a lion could potentially escape and maul a visitor. So they crept closer and closer until they realised that yes, it really was a hole and no, there was nothing else restraining the lion within. I explained to him after all this that sueing people was not really a thing here, and he should assume that any such holes were just that - an actual hole.
- ceejayoz 7y ago
  Fences at zoos are generally for the visitors. Modern zoo design largely uses things like moats to contain the animals, as they can be hidden from visitors and need dramatically less maintenance.

mitchell_h 7y ago

I live by a large-ish herd of farm raised Bison. I've gone to visit them a few times, mainly because they boarder a national forest with great trails. They're big as heck, when they run as a herd you can feel them. Truly impressive animals.