Viral Montana Moose Video Highlights Wildlife Safety Risks

Sigh.

Here we go again on the latest episode of Humans Interfering With Nature When They Should Keep Their Distance.

Montana is well known for these stupid encounters between humans and animals. Between Yellowstone and Glacier and all of the wildlife that roams in between, these idiotic encounters happen all too often. This episode was featured in Big Sky and shared on the Montana Reddit page.

Don't f*ck with nature
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The title of the video says it all. "Don't f*ck with nature." Two guys in the video are standing much too close to a moose while two other narrators are telling them how dumb they are and enticing them into touching the moose. Sure enough, one of the guys slaps the moose, and it fights back.

I really don't understand the enticement with wild animals. Sure, the animals are majestic, but are people that insane to have to get up close and personal? Obviously, that question is rhetorical because clearly they are.

The internet had a heyday with these dolts, too.

"You don't mess with the moose. Those things are wayyyy bigger than most people think." - Puzzled-Ninja1

"Darwin gonna Darwin" - skulltullamama

"Locals vs tourists." -ichiban_saru

"Man, I didn't know how much I wanted to see two idiots get curb-stomped by a moose until 25 seconds ago." -RustyBrassInstrument... Gross

STAY AWAY FROM WILD ANIMALS.