{"id":221,"date":"2010-08-13T21:59:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T01:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2010-08-13T22:08:01","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T02:08:01","slug":"sink-or-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Sink or Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when I thought I had “seen it all,” I witnessed a herd of bison swimming across a river in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley.\u00a0 Most of these beasts weigh 2,000+ lbs, mind you.\u00a0 Carl, Brent, and I happened upon this late one afternoon, and it was truly a sight to behold.\u00a0 This was more than your average witnessing of a few bison crossing the river.<\/p>\n

Baby bison are affectionately referred to as “red dogs.”\u00a0 They are cute and playful, and they have a LOT to learn when spring arrives.\u00a0 Case in point:\u00a0 There are no bridges or ferries to cross the river.\u00a0 Mom can’t carry baby across.\u00a0 Baby can’t stay behind.\u00a0 What is little red dog to do?\u00a0 Jump in and learn how to swim!\u00a0 Quickly!<\/p>\n

The stream was deep and swift, and this little red dog got separated from mom.\u00a0 We witnessed several bison staying upstream from the babies to block the current and protect them, but this little guy was somehow left behind midstream.\u00a0 Once mom got across, she quickly realized he had not made it.\u00a0 He continued to fight and struggle to get across while continuing to float downstream another couple hundred yards.\u00a0 Mom immediately wandered down the river bank to find him.\u00a0 She then awaited patiently as if to say, “You can do it!\u00a0 I’m right here to catch you when you reach this side.”<\/p>\n

It was a scary moment.\u00a0 Somehow moms always inspire the best in us.\u00a0 They are there to warmly pick us up, dust us off, and offer an assuring hug.<\/p>\n

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Just when I thought I had “seen it all,” I witnessed a herd of bison swimming across a river in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley.\u00a0 Most of these beasts weigh 2,000+ lbs, mind you.\u00a0 Carl, Brent, and I happened upon this late one afternoon, and it was truly a sight to behold.\u00a0 This was more than your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}