20-07-2025
Yellowstone bison nearly delivers knockout blow to pesky wolf, video shows
Wolves in Yellowstone National Park will sometimes test their predation skills on lone adult bison. But there can be painful consequences.
The accompanying footage, captured by Billy Fabian while on a Jackson Hole Ecotours expedition, shows a wolf receiving a powerful kick to the face after carelessly nipping the bison from behind.
'That animal's hurt,' the narrator says.
The wolf is clearly dazed and, as Fabian stated via Instagram, 'It took a while for the wolf to shake it off and it still could have a broken jaw or other injury.'
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Fabian explained that the wolves, from the Junction Butte Pack, had initially attempted to single out calves from the bison herd. When that failed, they went after the exhausted adult bison. (In the footage, part of the bison herd is looking on from across the river.)
The bison that fell under attack 'made good his escape to live another day.'
