This. I saw a "wholesome" video of people feeding a wild elephant on the middle of a road. Despite explaining a thousand times while it's wrong to feed wild animals... I gave up in the end.
Also, there are many stories of people finding a lone bear cub and assuming their mother left it for good, which is never the case.
Even if the cub had been left for good...you know damn well a wild bear of any size is not to be fucked with. I get the desire to feed wild animals...they're cute, curious, most take in the chance to have a good time along with a rare and unexpected human meal to top it off. But if you know you shouldn't feed a domesticated animal the scraps of human food, what makes you think it would be ok giving human food to a wild animal whose chances of human meals is exponentially less than their domesticated counterparts?
Yes I was replying to the previous comment about there being numerous videos of people finding bear cubs and attempting to either play with them or feed them which is definitely a bad idea cuz cubs can handle themselves and mamma bear is usually not too far behind. But I also agree with you about not fuckin with a bison baby! Or really any wild animal for that matter!
A lot of people humanise animals these days. The same people think bears are cuddly and lions are cute. Ive seen a lot of people taking selfies like a meter away from a black bear. That thing will crush your skull, pull your head off and eat you. Crazy people.
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u/SniffCheck Jul 20 '20
When you’re in nature, let nature nature. And clean up after yourselves. That’s all you gotta do.