The calf had been separated from its mother when the herd crossed the Lamar River. As the calf struggled, the man pushed the calf up from the river and onto the roadway.
This just in. If you're a bison in Yellowstone National Park, you can take a nap anywhere you dang well please. That happened recently when traffic was brought to a halt by a calf that needed a few z's.
It's not news to us in Wyoming that wildlife do what they want when they want. A driver just shared a video proving they understand this point, too. They ended up trailing a pregnant moose cow and her calf.