Watch Out for Wildlife

[thetrailboss]

Unofficial had this video of a porcupine biting a guy at Alta...

 

[Huck_It_Baby]

Ouch! Maybe don't let the wildlife walk up your leg? haha

 

[thetrailboss]

Yeah I'd definitely keep my distance from a porcupine!

 

[BenedictGomez]

Never ceases to amaze me how stupid many people are with wild animals.

 

[thetrailboss]

I once saw someone in Crawford Notch pulled over to pet a moose.....

 

[BenedictGomez]

Then there's these idiots from a few months ago

 

[ScottySkis]

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That is funny considering this morning when I was driving birds on the road would not move to I beeping my horn.

 

[Nick]

Unofficial seriously posts the weirdest stuff. This one is relevant at least as it involves skiers.

 

[bdfreetuna]

#1 Porcupines are shy animals they will almost always walk away from humans after puffing out their quills for a second. It was probably rabid or otherwise insane.

#2 Humans should not let Porcupines climb their leg. They are nice animals but meant to be observed from at least 6 feet away.

I'm surprised it didn't wack the guy with his tail instead of biting him, that's really weird behavior for a Porcupine.

 

[s-rod]

Haha. Wonder if porcupines carry rabies.

 

[thetrailboss]

#1 Porcupines are shy animals they will almost always walk away from humans after puffing out their quills for a second. It was probably rabid or otherwise insane.

#2 Humans should not let Porcupines climb their leg. They are nice animals but meant to be observed from at least 6 feet away.

I'm surprised it didn't wack the guy with his tail instead of biting him, that's really weird behavior for a Porcupine.

Yeah I wondered if it was rabid, sick, or just starving and hence why it was acting so weird.

 

[Rambo]

Speaking of porcupines... I was at our local zoo once and there was this big old porcupine in a cage with a walkway right in front. Well the Porcupine got up on his hind legs and did this dance and attracted a crowd of people in front of his cage and then suddenly he peed all over them. A zookeeper said he did this a lot.

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

the only place where ive seen one more than once is somewhere at the top of belleayre mountain i cant recall what lift but hes up there

 

[jimmywilson69]

#2 Humans should not let Porcupines climb their leg. They are nice animals but meant to be observed from at least 6 feet away.

I just LOL'd and spit water on my desk. Comment of the day!

 

[MadMadWorld]

#1 Porcupines are shy animals they will almost always walk away from humans after puffing out their quills for a second. It was probably rabid or otherwise insane.

#2 Humans should not let Porcupines climb their leg. They are nice animals but meant to be observed from at least 6 feet away.

I'm surprised it didn't wack the guy with his tail instead of biting him, that's really weird behavior for a Porcupine.

When I was out at Alta 2 years ago I was told of a porcupine named Porky (I think) that would come out of the woods and walk right up to skiers and even paw at their legs like a dog. Of course, the only reason the porcupine did this was because humans kept feeding him (probably how he got his name). It wouldn't surprise me if Porky was the culprit. Maybe people will think twice now.

 

[JimG.]

I've seen the bison/stupid human thing myself at Yellowstone. And there are signs all over warning people to specifically not walk near bison to take photos. One guy got out of his van about 5 feet away from one and was lucky to get back in the van before the bison almost knocked it on it's side. Totally trashed the driver's side door, then went back to feeding.

 

[jrmagic]

I'll give the porcupine guy a pass cause it may be Porky plus they are small and you coudl step on it if you really had to but the bison?? WTF is wrong with people?? Back ni my late teens I was doign valet parking at a restaurant on the water. We had a swan hanging out in the parking lot for a few weeks. I can't tell you how many people went right up to the bird with their kids even after I warned them adn the bird would snap at them. A couple of people were bit and a bunch more got the crap scared out of them. As they say ya just can't fix stupid.

 

[Cheese]

As they say ya just can't fix stupid.

You mean like guy number two at 0:25 that sees it all go down and still steps in for part II?

 

[snowmonster]

Just goes to show you that too many folks grow up in the city without seeing wildlife.

 

[thetrailboss]

Just goes to show you that too many folks grow up in the city without seeing wildlife.

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