Editing American bison (section)

===Dangers to humans===
Bison are among the most dangerous animals encountered by visitors to the various North American national parks and will attack humans if provoked. They appear slow because of their lethargic movements but can easily outrun humans; bison have been observed running as fast as {{convert|40|to|45|mph|km/h|abbr=on|round=5|order=flip}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/a/american-bison/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009093254/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/a/american-bison/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |title=American Bison|website=[[National Geographic Society]]|date=May 10, 2011}}</ref><ref name=BisonFactSheet>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalforests.org/assets/pdfs/NFF_Bison-Fact-Sheet.pdf|title=Bison Fact Sheet |website=nationalforests.org}}</ref><ref name=Gildarts>{{cite book |first1=Bert |last1=Gildart |first2=Jane |last2=Gildart |year=2021 |title=Hiking the Black Hills Country |page=5 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |author=National Bison Association |user=nationalbison |number=1366870008157069322 |title=~TEACHABLE TUESDAY~ Did you know...Bison may look big and cumbersome, but they're very agile and quick. Bison can run an impressive 30 to 45 mph and jump as high as six vertical feet}}</ref>  Bison may approach people for curiosity. Close encounters, including to touch the animals, can be dangerous, and gunshots do not startle them.<ref>Teresa Scalzo, 2016, [https://apps.carleton.edu/voice/?story_id=1450431&issue_id=1449646 Field Guide to the American Bison], The Voice, Summer 2016, Carleton College</ref>
[[File:Tourists get close to a wild herd of American Bison (Bison bison) to take a photo at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.jpg|thumb|right|Tourists approach dangerously close to a wild herd of American bison to take a photograph in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]]
Between 1980 and 1999, more than three times as many people in Yellowstone National Park were injured by bison than by bears. During this period, bison charged and injured 79 people, with injuries ranging from goring puncture wounds and broken bones to bruises and abrasions. Bears injured 24 people during the same time. Three people died from the injuries inflicted—one person by bison in 1983, and two people by bears in 1984 and 1986.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Tom Olliff |author2=Jim Caslick |year=2003 |title=Wildlife-Human Conflicts in Yellowstone: When Animals and People Get Too Close |journal=Yellowstone Science |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=18–22 |url=http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/YS11%281%29.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226033855/http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/YS11(1).pdf |archive-date=December 26, 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref>