Bison that appear to be grazing peacefully can accelerate to a terrifying pace, making them among the most dangerous animals in Yellowstone, where one of the giant bovines recently charged at and tossed a grandfather.<\/p>\n
Carl McDaniel, 65, suffered multiple bone fractures in the July 10 attack at the national park but lived to tell the tale, as seen in a video he recorded a few days later from his bed at Bozeman Health Deaconess Medical Center in southern Montana.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wasn\u2019t showing aggression or anything like that until it picked a target. That target happened to be me,\u201d McDaniel said in the video posted on Instagram on Saturday.<\/p>\n
McDaniel was on an after-dinner stroll with his grandson when the attack happened at Bridge Bay Campground, not far from Yellowstone Lake.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey move faster than you could ever imagine. He just kept coming,\u201d he said. The bison did not connect with McDaniel\u2019s grandson, who was not hurt.<\/p>\n
Bison can run up to 56km\/h, faster than the men\u2019s world record in the 100-metre dash. They stand up to two meters tall, weigh up to 900 kilograms, and are North America\u2019s biggest land animal.<\/p>\n