A few days ago my spouse and I took a drive down the road, just to have the air conditioner blasting in our faces. About three miles from my house we saw that one of the farms along the way has a herd of Buffalo. We don't see Buffalo very often, although they are not that much of rarity. I'm not sure if it's for the novelty or if it's for the Buffalo meat.
A puny wire fence doesn't look strong enough to keep this animal contained. The pipe fencing in the photo below seemed safer, but there are warning signs posted saying to keep a safe distance away. I spotted a Buffalo calf under the shade of a large tree, but couldn't get close enough to take a photo.
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This humble beast seems to quietly accept his burden of having to bear the heat with his thick shaggy coat. Not me--I protest loudly and often!
In a field next to the Buffalo is a herd of quarter horses, that didn't seem at all bothered by the 110 degree heat. Maybe it does one good to be somewhat parched by the heat, but I am not interesting in trying it!
3 comments:
Oh, how neat to have buffalo so close by! They are certainly nothing we get to see here in Florida!!! They are such an unusual looking animal. Did you know our Whole Foods sells buffalo meat, and it is very low fat, for a red meat???? My friend buys it to make hamburgers all the time. Thanks for showing pics of these animals....very cool!
Love the buffalo, although when I see them on ranches I always have mixed feelings about them... part of me thinks they should be roaming free on the praries. Of course, there aren't many praries left anymore, and they're probably in much better health on the ranches... I need to learn to just enjoy seeing them when I can...
Julie- I have steak,hambugers and hot dogs made form Buffalo-very low fat and taste just like beef!
Claude- I wish they could be shipped to Montana! I feel the same way! But.. I can't let myself go there thinking about all our penned up food sources........
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