ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 2月5日 23時32分

Every fall at Mammoth Hot Springs HQ for Yellowstone National Park, Bull Elk come into rut and compete over a harem of females that are resident to the fine historical lawn grass that is cultivated there. These Bulls go out of their minds over the cows and competition.
This leads to danger for the many visitors that come to look at this spectacle. The park must have Rangers dedicated to protecting the public and the animals. Red cones of danger and signs are everywhere.

The Bull and his harem are constantly moving and a particular Bull called "Touchdown" (his antlers form the universal signal for a football score) has been the king in recent years. He is and has to be aggressive to hold his harem from other Bulls like "Broken Nose" that come to challenge him. "Touchdown" has damaged many automobiles and RV's in recent years as he is particularly upset at dusk when the cows start moving and messing with his head which is frizzled with Darwinian influence. If a car is in his sight line in the wrong place (between him and the cows) he rams it and causes damage to paint jobs, radiators, and Windows . He would do this to people without extreme diligence from the park. (You tube carries much of this evidence)
I was able to photograph out of our very large SUV in the behind the scenes area because I was a permitted resident working in and with the park. One evening at dusk after "Touchdown" had created havoc in the public area he and the harem had moved into "Officers Row" the residential area. He was calm and seemed settled down as darkness was falling.

Reba and I were sitting and watching from rather far away. The car was turned off and no lights were on. We were listening Reba hoping to sound record his next magnificent Bugle. Suddenly he rose up and came for us attacking the car. Rather than take the blow I started the engine and ran away backwards.

At the dinner table with his family was the chief biologist looking out his backdoor. He was one of my supervisors. The next day when I went to him to mea culpa, he told me when he saw the Bull charging a large white car that was running away. He exclaimed "WHO IS THAT IDIOT"
Who indeed.
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