LancairDriver
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Wildlife Photography
You wildlife photographers got to be cool to get your shots
http://m.koreus.com/video/wapiti-vs-photographe.html
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David K
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Hilarious... did anyone tell him that next time not to put on so much aftershave with musk oil?
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Unfortunately it didn't end well for the elk. The photographer did nothing wrong. However, other people had been feeding the elk and according to the
report here: http://petapixel.com/2013/11/17/elk-headbutting-incident-put...
"... the park confirmed to NBC that the elk was put down by Rangers after the incident because he “could not be re-trained to be fearful of humans.”
"According park spokeswoman Molly Schroer, the elk had been coming back to that area in search of food as a result of previous humans feeding him, and
had begun associating humans with food."
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
Unfortunately it didn't end well for the elk. The photographer did nothing wrong. However, other people had been feeding the elk and according to the
report here: http://petapixel.com/2013/11/17/elk-headbutting-incident-put...
"... the park confirmed to NBC that the elk was put down by Rangers after the incident because he “could not be re-trained to be fearful of humans.”
"According park spokeswoman Molly Schroer, the elk had been coming back to that area in search of food as a result of previous humans feeding him, and
had begun associating humans with food." |
Really a sad story. It seems that people just don't respect that these are wild animals. Once humans start treating them as some what tamed just
because they live in a National Park, it usually ends with the death of the innocent animal.
Nothing hilarious about it.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
Unfortunately it didn't end well for the elk.
"... the park confirmed to NBC that the elk was put down by Rangers after the incident because he “could not be re-trained to be fearful of humans.
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How SAD !!!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
Unfortunately it didn't end well for the elk. The photographer did nothing wrong. However, other people had been feeding the elk and according to the
report here: http://petapixel.com/2013/11/17/elk-headbutting-incident-put...
"... the park confirmed to NBC that the elk was put down by Rangers after the incident because he “could not be re-trained to be fearful of humans.”
"According park spokeswoman Molly Schroer, the elk had been coming back to that area in search of food as a result of previous humans feeding him, and
had begun associating humans with food." |
Really a sad story. It seems that people just don't respect that these are wild animals. Once humans start treating them as some what tamed just
because they live in a National Park, it usually ends with the death of the innocent animal.
Nothing hilarious about it. |
It was very hilarious until the funny video thread was turned into a humans are bad thread, and they are to blame for the Ranger murdering the
beautiful animal. It couldn't go to a zoo for city kids to see him in person?
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
Unfortunately it didn't end well for the elk. The photographer did nothing wrong. However, other people had been feeding the elk and according to the
report here: http://petapixel.com/2013/11/17/elk-headbutting-incident-put...
"... the park confirmed to NBC that the elk was put down by Rangers after the incident because he “could not be re-trained to be fearful of humans.”
"According park spokeswoman Molly Schroer, the elk had been coming back to that area in search of food as a result of previous humans feeding him, and
had begun associating humans with food." |
Really a sad story. It seems that people just don't respect that these are wild animals. Once humans start treating them as some what tamed just
because they live in a National Park, it usually ends with the death of the innocent animal.
Nothing hilarious about it. |
It was very hilarious until the funny video thread was turned into a humans are bad thread, and they are to blame for the Ranger murdering the
beautiful animal. It couldn't go to a zoo for city kids to see him in person? |
It never was hilarious if one had a clue as to what was happening.
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David K
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Yes, the guy sat there trying to keep his hat on as the elk kept trying to interact with him. Why the guy didn't get up and leave (perhaps he thought
he would get rammed or mounted?) or his friend's van didn't come up and rescue him (and that would have scared off the elk) is odd... but stupid
people think animals are their equals and he probably just wanted to 'get along' with the elk?
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