New warnings for tourists about wildlife at Yellowstone National Park l GMA

Authorities are warning people to be careful around wildlife after a string of close encounters and a report of a group taking a baby elk to a police station.
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[@theresenydahl9531]

They should give them hefty fines like $5,000 if they approach the animals.

[@waltblackadar4690]

I'd support this. This kind of stupidity isn't new and I saw it a decade ago in Yellowstone with idiots getting too close to bison. These are wild animals and people think they're just large cows. Let 'em be and enjoy them from a respectable distance. And fuck your social media account.

[@lilithknight8607]

I agree!! and post signs about the fines...

[@hdb80]

5K is not enough. Try 50K or higher. No tolerance policy needs to be put in place.

[@gmunden1]

Exactly. Fine large amounts and enforce the penalties. I work with wildlife and I see this horrible behavior all the time. People think they are entitled to approach or touch animals and become combative when staff tells them to keep their distance.

[@katnhat7695]

... and a required day watching information/teaching videos about wildlife and then community service working in a park. Learn your lesson! Why are people so ignorant of the places that they are going to visit?

[@curtisthomas2670]

Those aren't "accidents" they're consequences

[@colleentimeisup]

Exactly

[@hangtownranger]

Well said.

[@anneliedorman2435]

Yes people need to show respect but still this is going on we going to yellowstone this summer I respect the wildlife we are in there home I enjoy seeing the wild life not being stupid there deserve to be banned from all parks my god

[@eliascrookshank]

And sometimes consequences give us the Darwin winner

[@stratcat3216]

Agreed. Let Darwin do what he does.

[@darryljorden9177]

"Because of things like social media, a lot of people have lost a bit of common sense". No truer words have been spoken.

[@vanpeters9751]

Mindless supporting a man child does that to people

[@justtester_9962]

More like lost a lot of common sense. 😟

[@codymoe4986]

There is no difference between the first tourists to visit Yellowstone or the ones visiting now. Entire books have been written about their stupidity, the only difference now is that we get video evidence...

[@itwasaliens]

They had no common sense to begin with.

[@SomeDumUsrName]

Well, I agree with the SECOND part of the statement. The FIRST part though, saying it's because of social media, is just ignorant. Social media is simply a place to put the ignorance on display and have competitions with other to see who's the MOST ignorant. Remember, we're all about competition. ;-)

[@sbhimji4568]

Selfie taker and anyone else stupid enough to get close to the animals should be criminally charged with at least a one year jail sentence, no bond. Time away from their social media should bring them back to reality.

[@ericrollings7144]

And the death penalty for the second offence!

[@RsKnDR0991]

@@ericrollings7144 Death penalty aka getting tied up and served as a snack for the animal they've harrassed👍

[@rogermilholland2341]

Darwin moments are priceless....

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Nah! Let the Law of Nature do its job!

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

People should already know not to approach a dog without permission or caution...Stupidity knows no bounds...

[@israelcm7246]

Why are some people so stupid? Stop messing with wild life animal's, they are dangerous, they are not pets.

[@FlixCreEightR]

They look Asian to me.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

People are really good at infantilizing and humanizing pets and wild animals these days. Yeah, I envision reincarnating as a trick whale at Marine Land...Not! The same type of people that think zoo animals are living their best life...

[@jeffloyer9634]

Because some people were born with stupidity or raised on stupidity 😂

[@oldman6825]

Look around at all those fucking idiots

[@morrisvalentneflatlander4784]

That includes ALL wild animals except for fish. Raccoons are filthy and carry disease. All rodents have the fleas that carry the bubonic plague. If it can't kill or hurt you it will make you sick. Once again except for fish you can eat them.

[@writerconsidered]

What blows my mind is they seem to not have a natural instinct to fear a 1200 lb animal with horns. How does one not fear that?

[@swavekbu4959]

Because they think it's a zoo and that they would not have been allowed into the park if there was any danger they could get hurt. This is despite the numerous warnings they are given as they enter the park. They just don't get it. They think the bison are domesticated and friendly.

[@justtester_9962]

Or maybe anti-social media has rendered people dumb. 😵‍💫

[@anneshaw7438]

That’s because they are brainless

[@georginagarcia2878]

It's all for the 👍

[@GalootWrangler]

Yes. Call me overly cautious, but I tend to shy from creatures that, with very little effort, can send me to the ER or the next world.

[@somnuswaltz5586]

Maybe if these morons actually started going to JAIL and getting a super heavy fine for disturbing those poor animals, it would stop happening

[@ge2623]

It wouldn't. You can't fine dumbness out of existence.

[@DonLuc23]

I do think that other social media followers might start to take notice, especially if one or two them got gored to death.

[@itwasaliens]

Naw, shame is the best deterrence. Shame the hell out of them.

[@eeriejig1522]

​@itwasaliens LOL that's adorable. You're saying that as if these ppl have shame to begin with. Bro, they don't have shame and they don't care until it hurts their record and their pocket

[@itwasaliens]

@@eeriejig1522 yeah because they can easily wrap themselves in a safe Instagram or TikTok bubble of their own creation. You also know none of the people they associate with are calling them out. If people were comfortable shaming those who deserve it in person, they would change. In all the videos you see of people disturbing wildlife, no one says anything and just ignores them or silently films it. If everyone started shaming and calling people out when they tried to carry a newborn bison across the river, take an elk to the police station, or get selfies with the wildlife others would think before they did shit like that. If you fine them they'll just complain and get support from their carefully curated social media and they'll just continue on feeling justified. Hell, they'll probably even just get sympathizers to give them the money for the ticket anyway.

[@NoName-np8ko]

I worked in Yellowstone for a summer. Multiple people were injured by bison during the 3 months I was there just around the Old Faithful area. 1 of them died and a coworker of mine was flown out via helicopter and never returned (all I know is that the bison's horn punctured his abdomen and that he didn't die). I saw a guy almost put his toddler on the back of an elk before people started yelling at him, including a park ranger. I had a couple ask me when they turn the water on, referring to the geysers. They seemed very serious. There's a lot of people doing dumb things out there on a daily basis.

[@martabachynsky8545]

On the geyser thing: I remember a woman calling into a radio station to complain about whoever scheduled a lunar eclipse so late at nigh because she wanted her children to see it and they should have had it earlier in the evening. There are a lot of stupid people out there.

[@henrymalong4542]

😂😂😂

[@Gingermycat]

Reading this should be made up but sadly people and especially Americans are so stupid!!!!

[@swavekbu4959]

"when they turn the water on . . . " hahahaha

[@NoName-np8ko]

@@swavekbu4959 Bison calves are sometimes called 'red dogs' because of their color. My all time favorite question was, "What are those red dogs chasing the bison around?" This couple honestly thought they were dogs.

[@BobBombadil]

Trust me, I lived in the Colorado Rockies in the 90's and people were already doing this kind of stuff around the animals. The only difference now is that everyone has a camera in their pocket

[@lee3171]

That's what I thought. Now people are documenting their stupidity.

[@bikebudha01]

People didn' lose their common-sense because of social media. They never had it to begin with. I was in Yellowstone before there were cell phones. We were stopped on the road waiting for Bison to cross. Two young ladies walked passed my car headed right for the Bison. Moments later a park ranger went sprinting by my car in an effort to get to the girls before the girls got to the Bison. Idiot girls, great park ranger.

[@minisithunknown5568]

Yep, everyone wants to make excuses for problems in this world. It is just humans being humans.

[@HayleysComet3]

Many years ago I heard Japanese tourists trying to put their child on the back of a bear for a photo. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@bikebudha01]

@@HayleysComet3 That sounds right...

[@andrewhite4431]

I agree, except the ranger should have strolled over.

[@martabachynsky8545]

@@HayleysComet3 In San Diego (La Jolla Children's Pool), a woman put her toddler on the back of a seal. She's lucky it didn't maul her and her child.

[@rvrswmr1953]

I'm currently reading the book by (Yellowstone's) park historian Lee Whittlesey, 'Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park'. Quite the eye-opener. It is quite evident that you can't fix stupid.

[@evelynwaugh4053]

An IQ test should be administered at the gate. Ranger: `Sorry, pal, you are too stupid for admittance. Have a nice day.'

[@skyethewylder]

I bought that book at the gift shop at Old Faithful, and didn't start reading it until we were well out of the park and driving back home. OMG! I wonder if it has been updated since I read it back in 2014? The one where the guy jumped into the boiling hot pot to save a dog and his last words were, "that was really stupid" or something along those lines have never left me.

[@evelynwaugh4053]

@@skyethewylder That's brutal😱! I won't allow my dogs around cliffs, mines, hot springs, cacti, bears, traffic, etc. Dogs are like 2 year olds. They don't understand danger.

[@aliciamangar1513]

RVRSWMR NO ONE SAID YOU COULD INCLUDUNG YOURSELF. FOCUS!!

[@rvrswmr1953]

@@skyethewylder the book I have is copyright 1995. Yes, the documentation in this book sure made me stop and think. I've visited there both summer and winter, and thinking back - even being careful, heeding the warnings, etc. there is a lot to be wary of.

[@pikayell]

As a Yellowstone ranger, we used to say that tourists entering the Park leave their brains at the entrance station.

[@carlhuffman454]

My wife and I went to Yellowstone in 1996, and I had to put my right arm out to restrain an Oriental woman. She was going to try to get closer to a sow bear with cubs to try to get some pictures. Honestly, I'm no hero by any stretch of the imagination, but I might have saved her life. A great number of city folks and foreigners have no idea how crazy they are in dealing with wildlife. Many years earlier my family was up in the NC mountains and witnessed this insanity. An idiot was poking at another sow bear with cubs with a stick. She was head first down in a trash barrel looking for food. After a while., she came out of that barrel, stood on her hind legs, and roared. The cubs took off up a nearby tree, and he backed off. Darwin's revenge was probably seconds away. As someone said, "You can't fix stupid."

[@forrestunderwood3174]

@@carlhuffman454 I think some people see the word "Park" and get the idea that it's some kind of amusement park situation or something, and that it's maybe all staged with tame animals. I especially expect that might be the case with people from countries with no wild animals that will actually eat you. I'm looking at you Japan and the UK. Stuff here will eat or trample you. I'm serious.

[@janmcelvain8370]

Just goes to show how animals have more sense than many people.

[@lilyjay2118]

I was just there this weekend. Saw someone trying to get close to an Elk for a pic! I was so mad. Animals need to be respected. It’s their land! We kept our distance from all wildlife and enjoyed watching them from afar

[@kjh7108]

Was just there on Sunday, we saw some groups walking up to a trail out in the prairie that was surrounded by bison. Just because it’s a trail, doesn’t mean you should go out of your way to occupy it if it’s surrounded by wildlife.

[@sierrarmcclain]

As a local, this situation is incredibly frustrating!

[@tonidarcy5515]

Start giving out high fines to these people!! Makes me so angry 😡 that these idiots do this.. because it's the animals that suffer the consequences!! If you can't abide by the laws stay out of my state..

[@itwasaliens]

Naw just publicly shame them. You can't fine stupid people out of existence. But you can publicly shame them

[@DollyTheLlama]

@@itwasaliens Many of the National Parks already have some great social media pages and do have posts go viral on occasion. I think a creative way of shaming those people might make them think twice before they try to get selfies with dangerous animals. I think also, after the perpetrators are identified, they should lose access to all national parks for a set number of years.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

@@itwasaliens Nah! People have no shame, and an excuse for everything now! How dare you even think of "hurting someone's precious feelings! Everything is all good, just different...LOL!

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

@@DollyTheLlama We just need more signs cluttering up the natural landscape! That would stop them...

[@anewlifeinthevan]

Completely agree with the wildlife expert, people putting their lives (and the animals) at risk just to take a photo or video for social media have lost all common sense! Thanks for highlighting this issue, we will visit Yellowstone in a few weeks but will be steering well clear of these magnificent but MASSIVE animals!

[@brucemattes5015]

In the late winter months of 1976, there was a warm spell on the east coast of the United States. My friend and I decided to camp out in Shenandoah National Park for a week. On our way out, driving north on the Blue Ridge Parkway inside the park, we encountered a blockage in the road. Ahead of us a family of 4 in a station wagon (remember those?) had stopped catercorner across the north bound lane in such a way as to effectively stop traffic in both directions. We pulled up behind the station wagon in my friend's MG, parked, got out of the car, and moved forward to investigate. The father (driving) was standing behind the open driver's door with his forearms resting on the top edge of the door's frame. The mother was standing at the right front corner of the car, next to the bumper's corner. The daughter (9 years old?) was approximately halfway between her mother & her brother. The son (12 years old?) was approximately 50 feet in front of the car, near the edge of the paved road, hand feeding chunks of what the mother told me was several peanut butter & jelly sandwiches to a black bear weighing approximately 200 pounds. Ironically, the son was feeding this bear right next to a pullout where several *Bear Proof* trashcans were located, in conjunction with a big sign clearly stating, *"DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!"* I walked up behind the father, tapped him on the shoulder, whereby he spun around, totally angry at being interrupted, told me not to bother him, & proceeded to turn back around to continue watching his son feed this full grown black bear. I tapped him on the shoulder several more times before he spun completely around, ready to start fighting me. By this time his wife was distracted enough to be paying attention to me. I asked both of them what they thought was going to happen when their son ran out of PB&J to feed the bear. I told both of them that they had at best a 50/50 chance of their son surviving a bear attack, and that even so-called docile black bears that were habituated to human contact, and addicted to eating human foods; *were not* cute little creatures out of a Walt Disney movie. That the bear outweighed all of us male adults by a significant margin, much less his 75 pound son. And, that it was fully capable of decapitating any of us with a single swipe of its front paws. Eventually, with my instructions, the mother got both kids back to the car, and they drove off without any harm to anyone. By the way, this is the cleaned up family-friendly version of what occurred that morning. Both parents were quite angry at being interrupted, with the father's language quite pithy. It took me and my friend several minutes to convince the mother that both her children were in potential mortal danger. When the reality of what might happen to her son by a hungry, angry wild animal finally sank in, she turned white as a sheet. I don't believe that the father ever believed that there was any possibility of anything negative happening to any of them had the bear simply wanted more to eat once the peanut butter & jelly sandwiches were gone.

[@junepearl7993]

Wow. I wonder where those kids are today. I hope they made it to adulthood.

[@martabachynsky8545]

I'm surprised the bear didn't get irritated by the noise and lunge at the boy.

[@minoltaaraya]

Did… did that woman try to pet a Bison 🫣🫠 And the Darwin Award goes to…

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

The Utube Montana rancher, has taught me a lot about cattle, horses, and the wild life of Montana.

[@laurenurban3942]

I’m glad about the warning but it won’t stop some people. There are always those few who think they’re special. The penalties need to be severe….$10,000 fine for antagonizing and/or molesting wildlife. Second offense…..Prison time….about a year or two, depending on the human’s attitude and IQ.

[@cardinmalone4974]

I say $20,000 fine and at least a 5 year prison sentence instead, per offender.

[@George_M_]

That bison exercised amazing restraint not punting that woman 30 feet into the air like they're capable of.

[@captainjaneway80]

Awwww the calf 😭

[@longrider42]

I worked in Yellowstone the summers of 85, 91 and 95. I had some close calls with Buffalo, but I grew up around range cattle, who can be just as dangerous. Rule number one. Always know what is around you. Number two, if a Buffalo gets close, be quiet and stand your ground. They get spooked and can run a lot faster then you can. Number three, talk to them, let them know where you are, don't yell or scream, just talk to them. Buffalo are only dangerous if your being stupid, that one lady who jumped off the board walk when the Buffalo showed up, didn't she see it coming? So that's my three cents worth, from some one who lived and worked in the park.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

I hear the Native Americans rode them like horses...LOL! Just like the Wild West Shows!

[@Mondoblasto0]

Oh ya, people look at cows and think, 'no way could that be dangerous'. They're bigger than you, a lot heavier, and run faster than a human. If an irritated cow decides to run you down, pray you're not in the middle of their field.

[@annmcgarrity9363]

I was there a few yrs ago, and was disturbed by how clueless some tourists were..They would literally walk right up to an elk and point their giant cameras right in its face. Some people treated the park like a petting zoo.. pathetic!

[@barbaraallen7164]

I saw the exact same thing when I was there a few years back.

[@MB-xe8bb]

They really need to publicize this much much more. Show the attacks. Show the people in hospital. Publish the long list of injuries.

[@eisgeistschiller5244]

You can't show publish injuries or show people in the hospital due to HIPPA. Its not enough to say NO don't do this. People never think its going to happen to them. While I was living out there I stayed away from the wildlife and always came prepared with my gun.

[@MB-xe8bb]

@@eisgeistschiller5244 1) Maybe they can if they broke the law. 2) People will often volunteer. 3) Publish stats at least.

[@amydubisz6805]

Yellowstone hands out pamphlets warning of the dangers of approaching wildlife and there are signs everywhere, in several different languages, warning of the dangers of approaching wildlife and the dangers of not staying on the boardwalks! There is no excuse for this behavior! We used to warn people not to get too close to wildlife, but with few exceptions, they all ignored us. Now, whenever we see people trying to pet a bison or go off of the boardwalk, we keep walking or in the case of bison, we will sometimes turn around and go back the way we came so we don't get hurt by some tourist's stupidity!

[@jgw5491]

I might make an exception to that if there is any chance my actions could protect a child. Grrrr! I hate scenes where parents lead their kids close to bison or elk.

[@juliethompson8685]

People suck.

[@justjokinntokin5474]

☑️☑️☑️☑️

[@IAMcommunistkiller]

Many people claim that they didn't know how to protect the wildlife in the parks. I have a suggestion. Give a test to all visitors, and admit them if they pass it. If not, make them watch an educational video for 30 minutes.

[@anneshaw7438]

It’s really sad that they have to show a video on how to educate stupid people that have no common sense

[@kohenemoore]

It really is just plain old common sense as a functioning adult especially since we are having this discussion on a platform that has all the possible information you need to know before even considering a trip of ANY kind.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Have you been to the DMV lately and observed the public taking the written tests? Most fail!

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

@@anneshaw7438 No, I don't want to spend more money/time on stupid people. It hasn't worked, look at our country...

[@gigisotelo9215]

To all the tourists visiting the park,.. Pls, be respectful.. wildlife animals' lives also matters ❤️ You can't just do whatever you want just to please your curiosity.

[@mynintendogamingfeed5208]

Nope, nope, nope; wildlife space shall be invaded!

[@itwasaliens]

Unfortunately a lot of people think animals lives don't matter.

[@gigisotelo9215]

@@itwasaliens sad reality 😢

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

@@itwasaliens They will react like this towards wild life, yet their dog has a bed, car seat, and stroller, a basket of toys, clothes, and is a barking maniac! I would hate the idea of reincarnating as someone's pet!

[@DesNReg]

People love to live on the edge of stupidity, testing the lines to see just how far they can go and living to tell the tell.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Especially if they can get it on camera now...

[@ge2623]

"New" warnings? Has Bison behavior changed?

[@kathleenpohlman9727]

No people are getting stupider and more thoughtless more entitled

[@angelaklaeser4]

Lost A BIT of common sense???? I’m guessing there is no common sense present to begin with. 😡

[@aliciamangar1513]

PPL HAVE NO COMMON SENSE ANYMORE ANYWHERE EVER. ITS JUST GONE!! FOCUS!!😢😮😮😢😮

[@327DD]

As it has been said before.. common sense isn’t common anymore.

[@JesusLopez-sb3ir]

😂😂😂😂. A word of warning. Like that’s going to stop these idiots. Fine them and charge them !!

[@FlixCreEightR]

I can see them closing Yellowstone to the public one day.

[@davidheilman1928]

Anyone else rooting for the bison? I know I am.

[@Naturelady-rf5zx]

Love animals putting dumb arrogant humans in their place.

[@justayoutuber1906]

Everyone of these people know the rules, but feel they deserve to be the exception to the rules.

[@yaisa111]

Every human harmed by any wild animal is responsible. The active word is WILD. The entitlement of people is ridiculous and shows ur ignorance of your surroundings. These aren’t pets they’re wild animals whose natural habitats continue to decline due to greed and profit over precious land n resources~ these spaces and places and animals that LIVE there should be treated with respect and care and caution any mishaps or encounters with wildlife while visiting is On the people Not the animals.

[@seymourbutts4654]

Bears stealing picnic baskets is the least of your worries.

[@stevej7139]

LOL I stayed at the lake several years ago and the bison were all over including the campground. I watched a guy on a bicycle cruising around the campground until a bison saw him and charged, he got away but I have no doubt he needed a change of underwear after that. These are not tame by any stretch of the imagination and they will stomp you to death if you get too close plus they seem to have an issue with bicycles.

[@jackcarvis3668]

Some people only learn the hard way

[@milliegirl7514]

What the hell people! This is not a Zoo Steep fines are necessary for these social media freaks

[@JeffreyKahnartist]

Visitors should be required to take an online test regarding interaction with animals.

[@viralnorn9173]

I think people have always been this dumb. But now we have these phones to record them in the act and everyone can witness it, not just who happened to be there.

[@christinacooper5627]

Basic common sense, obedience (read the signs), good manners (you’re a guest in the park) & respect for the wildlife,(as well as teachers, adults, elders, authority figures, police, laws, property (public & private) are glaringly absent from this generation! Parents unplug your kids and socialize them!!

[@huntstyle]

It's not just this generation. That guy that moved the baby bison looked like he was in his 60's.

[@susangrande8142]

People were being idiots in the 1970s when I visited Yellowstone as a kid, too. They were getting out of their cars to take pictures up close of a bison or a moose. I knew better than that as a 14-year-old. Those bison are HUGE! I was happy to stay in the car and watch.

[@angelikalindenau943]

It's clear to see who the intelligent one is

[@cyanidearkon]

idk if its just me but i wouldnt want to mess with a high capacity assault cow

[@jeannedigennaro6484]

They aren’t stuffed animals, folks!

[@Labbe1989]

Don’t understand what people get leave these animals alone how many times it has to be told or explained smh

[@donnastapleton4155]

In reality if it came to Princeton of the animals I would sign a petition to prevent " people" from visiting there, after all it's those animals home's and that should be protected before anything else

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Glad you're not making the laws! Another extreme environmentalist! Animals are important, but not equal to humans.

[@HuskyMike]

While in Yellowstone a couple weeks ago, according to some people I spoke with, Rangers told them the story about the man holding that calf. The calf was trying to cross that river with some other Bison and was having problems. The man thought it was going to drown so he pulled it to the shore. The Rangers told them, because the man touched it, the herd rejected it so it had to be euthanized.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Multiples of animals drown. That's nature. How many wild animals did your dog or cat drag home recently?

[@G.Danielle2911]

Can the park send the calf to the sanctuary to raise it instead of euthanizing it?

[@jefflarson1652]

@@G.Danielle2911 It isn't a zoo where somebody can feed them for the rest of their life. Animals need their herd in order to learn how to survive in the wild.

[@G.Danielle2911]

@@jefflarson1652 In that case the calf probably had no choice, either way, it will die, either by drowning or euthanizing.

[@pepperspot805]

@@G.Danielle2911 Nope. They tried with one 2 summers ago that someone put in the back of their car. There isn't anywhere around that has room for more Bison

[@Shonufff88]

Old warnings, reiterated?

[@hotbluflame2933]

This is exactly why orcas are teaching each other to sink boats. I’m rooting for #TeamWildlfe.

[@lisatoronto7265]

Them orcas need a thiktok channel - I'm rootin for the ocean-dwellers!😀

[@slywitt_the_cold1108]

Lmao, dying for a selfie. Literally!! Hahaha!!!

[@kathleendougharty3210]

Theres a reason many visitors are know as TURONS by locals and employees of the park.

[@ronjohnson9032]

They need to go north and play with moose. Moose love to play.

[@bradleybarnett2490]

This isn't a "New Warning". It's literally plastered all over the park in multiple languages to leave these animals alone. These kind of people are just hopelessly stupid. I love their utter astonishment that a Bison could be so rude.

[@not2tees]

Contact with sort-of wild animals, big ones, can be exciting. But then the excitement goes over the line into terror!!

[@gargar8196]

Stop access until respect returns

[@AnitaDil]

Some visitors in most tourist spots are very disrespectful, they have an air of self entitlement. We have them in the UK too and it’s mostly people from a certain country that are like that.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Yes, I avoid crowds these days...

[@Envy28496]

What country?

[@Naturelady-rf5zx]

@@Envy28496 USA.

[@floramercury]

Let them pay for their ignorance - 🙄 the shallowness and arrogance of people today

[@codymoe4986]

It's been the same at Yellowstone since they opened the gates the first day. Entire books have been filled with their escapades, the only difference now is that we get to watch it on video...

[@RoseNZieg]

the circle of life!!! it moves us all!!

[@jaredharris1819]

Me and my wife were up in Yellowstone in June and we had a great time seeing everything. When we were up at Old Faithful Geyser, a bison was there and my wife was nervous. I told her, “We will obey the rules to stay as far away from it as possible.” She felt comfortable when we distanced ourselves. Then the bison started getting closer to some tourists and rangers started yelling to clear out. We went inside the gift shop and museum before any incidents happen.

[@kaska1123]

I guess she thought by petting it she could go viral

[@theo.g.441]

I was hoping she'd get kicked

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Most people have no conception of how an animal is really thinking, including their own pets! Animals think like animals, not humans.

[@christinacooper5627]

I’ve seen videos of people leaving the boardwalks & walking out on the mud pots & steaming fumaroles, too! They choose to totally ignore the posted danger warnings & admonishments to remain on the boardwalk. So many in this generation seem to think the rules don’t apply to them & they can do whatever they want! These adults are the results of parents who feared disciplining & setting up boundaries because their children might cry or protest it (a.k.a. throw a tantrum)! They never let their children suffer the consequences of their behavior so now they’re having to learn it as adults!! (Chances are they’ll be fried alive if they choose to walk out on the steaming hot pots)! It was a great disservice to them that they were never properly socialized & taught obedience, respect & responsibility! In the 1960’s our family visited Yellowstone & as children we rarely considered defying the rules because we’d had the fear of God placed in our bones early on and that was a good thing! We preferred the consequences of obedience to those of disobedience & that’s how were trained to be obedient.

[@ellakajfasz2569]

Who the heck needs a warning to not approach dangerous wild animals⁉️

[@NickMACK1473]

watching from Grenada in the Caribbean Sea. it is raining heavily overe here this morning

[@alexmiles40]

Make it a Federal Crime, and you MUST serve at least ONE YEAR IN A FEDERAL PRISON after convicted. Even people visiting from other countries. Use their Selfies as proof in court. Two or three of those convictions and all the dangerous BS would be over. Problem Solved.

[@kathleenpohlman9727]

It is a federal crime

[@vtn05001]

I feel bad for the woman from Texas who had the right mindset to avoid the buffalo but had poor execution

[@PM-tc6sl]

Don't be. Look up the real video. She was trying to talk to it like it was a disney creature. She should have gone the opposite way from the bison.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

@@PM-tc6sl People baby-talk to wild animals all the time, like the animal understands words...Animals pick up on energy...weakness, strength, danger, etc.

[@spunkycat6144]

If someone approached my cows like that I would just start laughing. They deserve to be butted.

[@johnwood551]

Since my childhood in the 60’s back in the Smokeys I’ve seen adults drag toddlers over to see Black bears with their cubs, and when working in Denali National Park I’ve seen people actually grab hold of baby moose just so they could get a picture. I’ve seen dozens of people try to walk up to moose and elk and with not so good a result. THANKS to TV shows with guys who do that sort of thing (some eventually end up dead) people think they can do it too.

[@andrewhite4431]

Watching this on my cellphone is close enough for me.

[@matthewdean8070]

No !!! Don't warn them, let's just see how it plays out.

[@purpleelephant6525]

Nothing pleases me more than seeing people get jacked up by wild animals they approach for a selfie.

[@vampireslayer1989]

I was there two weeks ago. We saw hundreds of bison in the evening and a hundreds of new born calfs. I'm pretty sure that the Yellowstone buffalo population exceeds 10,000 this year. The closest we came was a bison that decided to walk down the road. It came within two feet of my window. No, I did not startle it.

[@liemdrake]

When I was at Yellowstone I had seen a bunch of bisons and I pretty much did got a bit close to 1.

[@myairspace3xx]

Get up close and personal. Get a selfie.

[@noreenn6976]

Maybe Yellowstone needs to hand out a warning document upon entry. Bright yellow and red. Will it help, maybe not.

[@GreenDolphinProject]

Unreal.

[@rogerarchibald2627]

Without a doubt, social media has played a vital role in the dumbing down of society.

[@lindavenable3475]

Common sense should tell anyone to leave the animals alone. It’s their territorial home. How would the people like it if the wild animals started coming to their homes and invading their privacy? I’m sure they would not like it at all.

[@bgregg55]

How have humans managed to survive as long as they have? It's a real mystery.

[@trudy285]

Agree! 👍 Thanks for the reminder for those that practice "illogic logic"! Brightest Blessings! ☺️✌️❤️🦋🙏

[@lileelisamc.4722]

Jeff Corwin calling it "common sense" is being polite

[@patwilson1257]

The problem is people don’t have COMMON SENSE like we use to ,and people have NO RESPECT for anything or anybody. We’re living in the last days of civilization. It’s a free for all, with increased LAWLESSNESS……………………..

[@lennarthagen3638]

That guy from Hawaii with the calf left his brain back home. Give these beautiful wild animals space.

[@aidenmartin6674]

There are people out there that think the wildlife in those parks are kept in cages at night and are released to roam around during the day. They have no concept of actual wild animals. They think those parks are like theme parks with tame animals used to being handled and are on display.

[@c00mgoblin]

Honestly if they starts dishing out HEAVY fines or refusing to help in dangerous animals encounters might start reminding people.

[@sinebar]

Buffalo be like: Your ancestors shot my ancestors for sport.....

[@MillermaticS]

Who would have thought that a 2000 lbs WILD animal doesn't want to be in your selfie?

[@michellebishop8743]

Just because your on a "wooden" path does not mean the wildlife is going to leave you alone

[@joeymondragon9523]

Everyone should be arrest if they get close or try taking pic for like If y’all want. A like then take a pic of by your self away from these beautiful creatures

[@mikeodonnell6799]

here's your sign

[@mylittlepitbull3143]

Getting gored by a buffalo would be a small price to pay for that viral video of your death.

[@knit1purl1]

Their land first. Admire them from a distance, buy a art print or photograph taken by a professional for your home, but most of all give them the respect they deserve. Can't stand to see this.

[@sandytrimble5081]

People need to start proving they are smarter than the animals they are harassing.

[@kimsland999]

You say you are allowed to get close up and personal pics with them? Wow, good advertising.

[@jodisorenson9903]

You are warned as you enter the park! Come on!

[@user-qu5gi7ls5m]

Animals have more common sense than humans.