Yellowstone National Park Warnings Or Dangers Tips by Krumel

Never EVER feed wildlife Wildlife Review

Feeding wildlife is never a good idea, and can alter the animals' behaviour. They learn to view humans as a source of food, lose their fear of people, and can become aggressive in order to obtain food from them. Obviously, the bigger the animal the greater the danger that comes with that. Bears that have developed a taste for human food may need to be put down as they may attack people in order to raid their picnic provisions.

But not feeding wildlife really extends to ANY wildlife, regardless of how cute and cuddly their little furry faces may look. First of all most likely the food is not good for them in the first place, and secondly even little squirrels or chipmunks can make a nuisance of themselves, if they think they are entitled to your packed lunch.

I was once at the receiving end of an animal taking away my food, when in Kenya a baboon jumped on my lap to grab the loaf of bread that I was holding. That was quite scary, and could potentially be very dangerous, if for example a child doesn't let go of the food and gets bitten by the animal. Some rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service had witnessed the incident and said that they will need to put the baboon down, as it wasn't the first time that he has done that, and might teach the other animals to do the same.

So by not feeding any wild animals you may actually save their lives!

Hot springs are called "hot" for a reason! Hot water Review

Despite warning signs all over the place that the water from geothermal features may be boiling hot, it is amazing to see how many people cannot resist sticking their fingers into it. I stood next to a group when they stopped in front of the sign, read it, and then one of them said: "It's running water, how hot can it be?!?", and put her hand into it. She was lucky that that particular flow was only very warm, but not scalding.

So even though the water does look deceptively fresh and cool, please heed the warnings and remember that they are called "hot" springs for a reason.

Bison Wildlife Review

Most of the time the animals seem calm and docile, and possibly this fools people into thinking that they are nothing more than oversized cows. I was stunned by the number of people who got out of their cars to take a photo of a bison from close-range, with the most stupid thing being a guy waiting in the middle of a road with a huge bull walking up to him from behind, so that his friend could take a picture of him and the buffalo, when the bull was nearly level with him.

Also, you should not follow the example of the guys in the picture, who left their car by the side of the road to approach a buffalo that was resting in a field.

The required distance you are supposed to keep from bison and most other animals in the park is 25 yards / 23 metres), but unfortunately this is very often ignored, resulting in many visitors being gored by bison every year.