Animal Psychology and How to Stay Safe in the Wild (From season 1)

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When you’re outside hiking or camping and you encounter an animal, it’s important to understand what’s going on from the animal’s perspective. On today’s episode Chris will share people’s real life interactions with animals and discuss what they did right and what they should have done differently.

Here are links to the videos discussed on the episode capturing people’s surprising encounters with other creatures:

Brown bear encounter

Hiking with bears

Mountain biker meets mountain lion

Sea lion drags girl off dock

Gorillas in Uganda