{"id":906128,"date":"2026-09-26T11:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/906128\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:08:14","slug":"colorado-bull-elks-unusually-aggressive-behavior-caught-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/906128\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Bull Elk\u2019s Unusually Aggressive Behavior Caught On Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A bull elk known as Smash has been caught on camera showing an unusually aggressive side toward passing cars in Colorado.The footage, shared by Monica Breckenridge, shows the elk standing near the road as several vehicles drive past.Smash then runs after the cars, appearing to chase them down the road before approaching one of the vehicles with his antlers.The unusual encounter has drawn thousands of reactions online, with viewers joking that the elk was protecting his territory and telling drivers to stay off his road.Several commenters also recognized Smash, saying the bull has become known for his encounters with vehicles in the area.The video was filmed in Colorado as elk enter their rutting season, when bull elk can become more territorial and aggressive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bull elk known as Smash has been caught on camera showing an unusually aggressive side toward passing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,241880,3912,474060,128,338],"class_list":["post-906128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bull-elk","tag-colorado","tag-monica-breckenridge","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}