“They are really unaware of the danger”

Some people just don’t think the rules apply to them.

The ToursOfYellowstone (@touronsofyellowstone) Instagram account shared access the latest example of tourists bypassing the rules pose for close-up photos with wild bison.

In the footage taken by the photographer Heather Michelle Smith (@koolsista on Instagram) in Yellowstone, several visitors pose for photos or zoom in only 10 feet or so from the animal. A group of a dozen nearby take photos from about 20 feet away—still much closer than the 25-yard distance specified by the Yellowstone park rules.

“These people are too close… they don’t know,” a voiceover comments on the scene.

As the car in the video passes the bison, a larger group can be seen watching and photographing the animal from a safe distance.

The footage is particularly frustrating because the offenders should clearly know better, if only from the context clues. It is impossible to understand why tourists think they have the right to get closer than anyone else. Some even find it wise to turn their backs on the bison at close range.

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Many interactions with bison do not end the person is unharmed. Although they may look like gentle giants, visitors to Yellowstone tend to underestimate them danger encroachment on bison space.

How else to explain the constant scenes of visitors incredibly close photograph? Many were lucky to get out just a warning by means of a pretended charge or a love faucetbut the more people ignore the rules, the higher the likelihood of interaction deteriorate.

It is not only people who bear some risk. Park rangers and veterinarians may have to do this euthanasia a bison that either gets too friendly with visitors or attacks them.

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Acting within the framework of the rules, tourists will be helped by rest responsiblybut also avoid dangerous behavior.

Commenters on Instagram were disappointed by the improper behavior of tourists.

“I don’t understand why there aren’t huge fines for people who do this,” wondered one.

“They’re really unaware of the danger,” remarked another, before saying they “never thought of me getting so close to a bison.”

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