# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24532097-nationalparkservice-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-11-02T22:00:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

If bison are on the road, be patient, drive slowly, and stay in your vehicle. Wait for bison to move along: do not honk your horn or drive aggressively toward them. That will only make them go slower. A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary.

On #NationalBisonDay, we also celebrate this majestic symbol of strength and resilience. 🦬 Once numbering ~30 million and ranging across the continent, bison were hunted to near extinction, with only several hundred remaining by the 1870’s. Through ongoing conservation work, bison are recovering from a low of fewer than 1,000 individuals. Today, 19 herds in 12 states roam the American Plains.

And, as a reminder, bison, like all wildlife in parks, are wild and unpredictable, no matter how calm and cow-like they appear to be. Always maintain at least 25 yards (23 m) away.

Image: Lone bison in the Lamar Valley at Yellowstone National Park. NPS/Jacob W. Frank

#bison #nature #nationalparks #yellowstone

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

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nature, yellowstone, nationalparks, bison, nationalbisonday

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