There are many woodland bison everywhere here in the north. In the spring and summer, they love to loiter on the roads, and drivers have to be very cautious of them, especially at night. Sometimes, a congregation of them will make the traffic wait. There’s no way you want to try to herd or nudge a bison, as they will charge if annoyed.
Try explaining that to your insurance. “I was just stopped on the road, minding my own business, when a bison came out of nowhere and ran full-tilt at my car …” Yup, okay.
So it makes sense to include one of these iconically northern animals …
… along with a snow sculpture of a muskox. Also notoriously bad-tempered, you do not want to upset them.
The snow sculpture looks much more docile, though, especially as it’s missing its horns. Very tempting for children, I think!
Despite that, the artist did quite a good job, don’t you think?
Happy Monday, happy week. 🦬
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Even sans horns, I love that snow ox!
Isn’t he great? He looks a bit goofy without his horns, but even so. 🙂
Fantastic sculpture!
I don’t know how they do it out there in the cold – lots of practice, I guess!
Drive carefully!
Thank you. We keep a sharp eye out!
Harder to knit with yarn from a snow sculpture, though! Qiviut is such a luscious fiber. Out of my budget, though –
It is absolutely beautiful. I have seen (and felt) some of the scarves and sweaters made from qiviut. The blankets are amazing. Must be a total pleasure to work with it.
Amazing creatures, and brilliant sculpture! Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome. It is wonderful to see these animals everywhere.
Lynette, majestic animals and yes, I wouldn’t want to try and write out this explanation to the car insurance. Bad enough when my husband hit a deer – twice in one year! (Luckily both survived and all in car okay.) The sculpture is magical and beautifully serene.
Twice in a year might cause questions and/or scrutiny. Good to know everyone was okay. I have known that to happen before though. My boss hit two bison within six months – he was lucky he survived as they are very large, but he walked away from both.
It’s funny how they know they can get away with that behaviour. “I’m just going to stand here, and what are you going to do about it?”
Right? Sometimes they will just stand in the road and stare at you, daring you to come closer. And yes, “what are you going to do about it?” They always remind me of tough New Yorkers. 😉
I will never think of New Yorkers in the same way again.
Hahaha. 🙂
Cool!
Thanks! 🙂
I couldn’t help but chuckle at the fact that we have such different driving obstacles. We have to worry about traffic and other drives, while you have to worry about wildlife like bison stopping on the road or hitting your car. I’ve seen bison a few times, I wouldn’t want to piss them off.
Hahaha. 🙂 So true – that’s life in Canada! The bulls can be enormous and extremely bad-tempered, and despite their size they are very agile. I always get a bit nervous seeing them on or near the roads as they are totally unpredictable.