Moderator: E.J. Peiker

All times are UTC-05:00

  
« Previous topic | Next topic »  
Reply to topic  
 First unread post  | 4 posts | 
by SantaFeJoe on Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:13 pm
User avatar
SantaFeJoe
Forum Contributor
Posts: 8622
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
Location: Somewhere Out In The Wilds
People should always pay attention to the warnings. For some reason, some people think that bison are just big cows. They are extremely dangerous and fast.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/8981476394/woman-72-gored-by-bison-in-yellowstone-after-allegedly-getting-within-10-feet-for-a-photo

Joe
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.  -Pablo Picasso
 

by WDCarrier on Wed Jul 01, 2020 4:29 pm
User avatar
WDCarrier
Forum Contributor
Posts: 1652
Joined: 15 Mar 2012
Location: Eureka, California
Cipolla's first law of stupidity: Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation
[font=Helvetica, sans-serif]“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” MLK[/font]
 

by OntPhoto on Wed Jul 01, 2020 9:52 pm
User avatar
OntPhoto
Forum Contributor
Posts: 7039
Joined: 9 Dec 2006
Location: Ottawa, Ontario. Canada.
Ten feet.  Was she using a macro lens?  Let me guess, a smartphone  :)

Many wildife have a certain threshold distance you can not cross before they start to feel uncomfortable and the survival instinct kicks in.  Ten feet is within goring distance.  Even 15 feet.  I would imagine at 30 feet you'd be geting dirty 'back-off' looks.  I've gotten those looks from moose from even further back than that.  
 

by Eduardo on Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:58 am
Eduardo
Forum Contributor
Posts: 8554
Joined: 17 Dec 2005
Location: Boston, Mass
Well, maybe I am an optimist but I would like to believe this lady may use this opportunity as a learning experience and not do it again. However, the realist in me will not bet money betting money she will not do it again. ;-)
Eduardo
http://www.delsolar.org
 

Display posts from previous:  Sort by:  
4 posts | 
  

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group