Watch: This is how you behave when a giant moose approaches you while taking photos
Mar 14, 2024
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Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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Watch: This is how you behave when a giant moose approaches you while taking photos
Mar 14, 2024
Dunja Djudjic
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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Wildlife photographers sometimes encounter wild animals up close and personal. While it sometimes ends badly, other times, people react properly and just enjoy the encounter from a safe distance. Wyoming photographer R Zaccardo recently shared a video of a large moose approaching a group of photographers. While it may seem scary at first, the video is a great example of how to behave when a wild animal gets close to you.
“I am probably 50 yards away from the moose,” the photographer explains in the caption. “All of the other photographers were also 50-100 yards away to start, and the moose decided to walk in our direction.”
Are moose dangerous?
Moose are normally not aggressive towards people. However, if the animal is stressed, a bull moose in the fall rut or a cow moose protecting her young could attack you, according to Alberta, Canada’s official website. Emergency Essentials shares seven signs that indicate an attack by a moose:
- The moose stops eating and stares at you.
- Lays back its ears and raises the hair on its hump, neck, or hips.
- Smacks or licks its lips, and clicks its teeth.
- Lowers its head and walks toward you.
- Urinates.
- Shows the whites of its eyes.
- Whips its head back like a horse.
“But sometimes it may not even show these signs at all,” this source warns, “they may just charge without warning!”
I’d say these folks reacted well – they stepped aside, kept their distance, and let the moose pass. They didn’t provoke it or try to feed or pet it. Most of them found a safe spot near their vehicles. And from what I can see, they have telephoto lenses, so they were taking photos from a safe distance to begin with.
“Everyone was incredibly respectful of [the moose’s] space and stayed relatively in place in order to not spook him.” Zaccardo points out. As Wyoming residents, we always respect the wildlife.”
[via Whiskeyriff]
Dunja Djudjic
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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