Photo: Bear chases half-mauled bison in Yellowstone
A half-mauled bison flees while a grizzly bear gives chase. (NPS photo)
Where predator meet prey, and they both meet the road at Yellowstone National Park. It’s getting that time of year where bears are desperate to fatten up before they hibernate, and that may be what you see in the provided photo and link.
What a startling picture! One more reminder where the top of the food chain starts, and it’s no fun to be on the lower rung.
Here’s the link: http://ecopolitology.org/2010/10/26/officials-say-photo-of-bear-chasing-half-mauled-bison-in-yellowstone-is-authentic/
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Someone please explain to me how a Bison, in the middle of a frozen, snow covered national park, gets burns like that?
Those are not maul marks around his eyes
The back story is that the buffalo was burned by a thermal vent in Yellowstone and badly injured. The bear likely saw the injured animal is vulnerable prey.
Full Story ans more photos http://www.ktvq.com/news/the-bison-got-away/