New Danger for Hikers

Looks kind of scary actually…

http://www.swisshiking.ch/website/tk/Wanderer_und_Rinder.htm

“Leave the animals in peace and do not touch them. Never caress a calf,”

wow…

Reminds me of the night when a herd of cattle came wandering into camp after I had gone to bed. I moved my bed to under a picnic table. I had no idea if Bessie had the sense not to step on sleeping campers.

Reminds me of the nite a herd of buffalo roamed through my campsite at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. It was starlight-dark and the buffalo stepped delicately over tent lines and avoided stepping on any gear. Have you ever HEARD a buffalo when they are just talking back and forth? They growl like something hungry and carnivorous.

Hmmm– maybe they have some low frequency stuff like elephants. Nice to know they can be graceful– they are way too big to argue with!

I wouldn’t be surprised if they could sound and hear subsonics. They sound like maga-beasts. They do tend to be careful around people. I wouldn’t want to startle one of mess with a calf, though. When one panics, they all panic.

RE: the picture. As an old dairy country boy, I can tell you that Jersey cows have the reputation of being the most dangerous of milk cows. Stomp farmers into peanut butter with alarming regularity.

Sounds like a good excuse for a BBQ, IMHO :) Pass the potato salad, please….