Everybody's Got a Wind Cave Buffaloooooo

At the Wind Cave visitor's center, we were able to speak with a botanist who told us a little about the Wind Cave buffalo herd. The buffalo in the park are not interbred with cattle and do not carry brucellosis, a disease which causes the bison to abort the first calf born after infection. The park prides itself in its high quality herds.

We saw a lot of herds with calves



and some old, solitary bulls.



My favorite, however, was the thin, shaggy bull who was walking down the middle of the road on our way out of the park. He was in the right lane, just ahead of us. We slowed, not interested in battling for the roadway. He seemed unfazed. He stepped into the left lane, let us inch past, then moved back to the right lane.



(Other buffalooooo)