Elk involved with photographer head butting incident put down
Nov 17, 2013 22:24:39 #
Nov 17, 2013 22:49:55 #
bcheary wrote:
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That is what happens when people start handing feeding wild animals.
Nov 17, 2013 23:01:03 #
Bangee5 wrote:
That is what happens when people start handing feeding wild animals.
Yup. People never learn.
Nov 18, 2013 06:51:20 #
One of the funniest things I ever saw was an encounter between a photographer and a bull elk at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone. The bull was sitting peacefully on the grass with his harem in front of the chapel. I was a respectful distance across the street. All of a sudden a Volkswagon Beetle pulls up to the curb near the bull moose. A big guy gets out with his camera and walks right up to the bull elk to get a photo - right in his face - and most importantly, in his space. The bull elk calmy got to his feet, lowered his huge rack of antlers at the photographer, and slowly walked him right back to his car, where he quickly got in and drove away. The elk walked back over and resumed his position as the head of his harem. The look on that guys face was absolutely priceless....
When I first saw this story I figured the photographer was just in the elk's space, but I guess the elk was getting too accustomed to people feeding it. In Florida idiot people feed alligators - with even worse consequences.
When I first saw this story I figured the photographer was just in the elk's space, but I guess the elk was getting too accustomed to people feeding it. In Florida idiot people feed alligators - with even worse consequences.
Nov 18, 2013 07:00:00 #
OBXbill
Loc: Outer Banks NC / Cape Coral FL
Actually the "Florida idiots" are usually northern "Snow Birds" :)
Nov 18, 2013 08:01:37 #
BillHill
Loc: Saint Augustine, Fl
Yeah- we EAT the gators.
OBXbill wrote:
Actually the "Florida idiots" are usually northern "Snow Birds" :)
Nov 18, 2013 08:55:47 #
Nov 18, 2013 09:19:55 #
bcheary wrote:
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That is a shame! It's not like the guy was injured by it or anything...
Nov 18, 2013 09:30:48 #
BillHill
Loc: Saint Augustine, Fl
Some people use any excuse to prove they are a man by killing animals-two or 4 legged. Hope the meat was put to good use. Early in my photography I was warned that a camera lens was interpreted by wild animals as an eye staring them down. It is well known that eye to eye contact is a challenge in the animal world.
Bloke wrote:
That is a shame! It's not like the guy was injured by it or anything...
Nov 18, 2013 09:33:58 #
Bloke wrote:
That is a shame! It's not like the guy was injured by it or anything...
It was not like the guy was injured by it or anything... this time. The Elk was not afraid of humans and that in itself is the danger to us humans. The Elk was still a wild animal. The Rangers said it was already showing signs of aggression. In time it would become more of a danger.
If you love animals, love at a distance.
Nov 18, 2013 10:56:54 #
Arbutus
Loc: The Beautiful Coast.
My experience one day with a young Deer http://youtu.be/wZnA-Ve0jDE although wild, broken by living near people around farms where it isn't hunted, he was on my property, later to grow antlers where I wouldn't take a chance now, that is not without a Viking helmet.
Nov 18, 2013 11:01:43 #
Nov 18, 2013 11:02:12 #
OBXbill wrote:
Actually the "Florida idiots" are usually northern "Snow Birds" :)
:lol: :lol:
Nov 18, 2013 11:04:42 #
Bloke wrote:
That is a shame! It's not like the guy was injured by it or anything...
That is the problem when people start fooling around with wildlife. They should give them a wide birth. That is what telephoto lenses were made for.
Nov 18, 2013 11:05:32 #
Bangee5 wrote:
It was not like the guy was injured by it or anything... this time. The Elk was not afraid of humans and that in itself is the danger to us humans. The Elk was still a wild animal. The Rangers said it was already showing signs of aggression. In time it would become more of a danger.
If you love animals, love at a distance.
If you love animals, love at a distance.
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