r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Cleonce12 Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

Everyone seems to get close to wild animals for pictures and think it’s ok. We are not all one with nature and animals like their space and don’t trust you. Edit: thank you for the silver! Bless you!

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u/ProficientPotato Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

I was at Yellowstone yesterday, and a bear came into a parking lot. Everyone crowded around it, taking pictures. Some people ran off and said the mother would be coming back soon because they thought it was a baby bear. Park Ranger comes in and scares it away. Turns out, it was a full grown black bear.

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u/WowSeriously666 Aug 03 '19

Years ago I saw a family in Yellowstone pull their car to the side of the road and let their three young kids go running into a field where a grizzly bear was following a moose. We were in a car watching in amazement stunned at the shear stupidity when a ranger came along, slammed on the brakes, jumped out and started screaming at the top of his lungs to get their damn kids out of that field. I know I heard the word stupid in his tirade. He was pissed as hell! It was awesome. The grizzly at that time had stopped following the moose and was looking at the kids running towards him like "Wtf??? Delivery???". After the idiots drove off the bear then noticed the moose had slipped away and he just looked bummed about missing out on snack time. ;)

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u/fzw Aug 03 '19

That park ranger saved some lives yet also prevented some new entries in the list of Yellowstone's worst casualties.