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At Assateague National Seashore, they used to post photos around of peoples' bitten naked backs and arms so the idiots know when they're told not to approach the wild horses or be bit would know they mean it. Not sure if they still do that. Didn't go inside their Visitors Center or bathrooms last month when I was there.
I think that is a good idea. If any footage is available of actual attacks visitors should be required to sit through a graphic video of what can happen if you dont follow the rules.
But that's you. It's not everybody. Remember some years back that kid getting eaten at the Brooklyn Zoo because he and his friend thought polar bears were afraid of water and went swimming in their den? Some of those kids who live to be adults don't get any smarter.
But it’s not because Disney makes movies about bears who talk, nor is it because people treat pets as little humans. If it were there would be hundreds of thousands of people approaching wild animals vs a teeny percentage, because we all grew up in the same society. That’s just lack of education about animals or plain stupidity. Yellowstone for example gets almost 5 million visitors a year. How many approach bison and get hurt, .000001%?
In the beginning and prior to 1970, the park encouraged people to feed the bears (even though it was against the rules). They had trucks that dumped food scraps to attract bears so people could get photos. They did this to attract visitors. https://www.atlasobscura.com/article...g%20excursions.
It was even suggested that back then Yogi and Bobo served as examples of anthropomorphism relating to the bears at Yellowstone. https://www.yellowstonepark.com/thin...ot-feed-bears/
I'm not suggesting people are trying to make pets out of the animals in Yellowstone. I'm not talking about pets other than a reference I made about how very much Americans anthropomorphize their pets.
anthropomorphism: the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.
But it’s not because Disney makes movies about bears who talk, nor is it because people treat pets as little humans. If it were there would be hundreds of thousands of people approaching wild animals vs a teeny percentage, because we all grew up in the same society. That’s just lack of education about animals or plain stupidity. Yellowstone for example gets almost 5 million visitors a year. How many approach bison and get hurt, .000001%?
My goodness is it that hard to comprehend a concept or are you being purposely obtuse?
The concept of applying human attributes/behaviors to animals does not imply everyone or hundreds of thousands of people do it. The concept has been around awhile so Disney is not its creator (though IMO contributes to it) and this women did not need to be alive when The adventures of Yogi was on TV nor when Yellowstone deliberately used garbage dumps to attract bears and encourage people to get photos of the bears.
Yes it is stupidity and stupid people think animals are like furry humans, stupid people disregard warnings and signs because they dont believe they apply them, IMO stupid people take risks to get a stupid selfie.
But it’s not because Disney makes movies about bears who talk, nor is it because people treat pets as little humans. If it were there would be hundreds of thousands of people approaching wild animals vs a teeny percentage, because we all grew up in the same society. That’s just lack of education about animals or plain stupidity. Yellowstone for example gets almost 5 million visitors a year. How many approach bison and get hurt, .000001%?
I think that sums up someone approaching a wild animal, whether it's Jane Goodall or Jane Doe.
Literally everywhere you go in Yellowstone, you'll see signs warning in every possible language--and in the most explicit terms--to not approach the animals.
Yet, from the safety of my car, I took a lot of video of tourists strolling up to bison and elk as if it were a petting zoo.
The other thing? Near all the geysers, they tell you over and over and over again to stay on the paths, lest you fall through the thin crust and get cooked to death.
One of the days we were at Yellowstone, one person was gored and trampled by an elk, one was cooked to death in a geyser, and one was bucked off a spooked horse. National parks are not Disney World. It's quite possible to die in one.
Presume that the 25 year-old Grove City, Ohio woman is still not dead, which is a good thing. However, it would be nice if she came forward to make a PSA so that she can warn others of what not to do, plus she can cash in on her 15 minutes of fame and be properly humiliated.
Last edited by Shawn Ford; 06-17-2022 at 07:13 AM..
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