“Up Slough Creek, in Yellowstone National Park, on Saturday, October 15, 2022 (the day the East Entrance Road reopened after June flood damage) the bison were stampeding off and on, so I was taking some phone video when a mule deer sprinted into the frame, pursued by a coyote. Genius-level survival strategy on the part of the deer – run into a bison herd. Coyote abandoned the pursuit.”
Smooth move by this mule deer in Yellowstone that found refuge from an attacking coyote in the middle of a bison herd. The coyote thought better of continuing its pursuit while the deer was surrounded by 2,000lbs giants and peeled off. Very clever move.