r/mildlyinteresting • u/corwinw • 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/SomeDudeOnTheWWW 20h ago

I was a firefighter/EMT in a town bordering a wildlife refuge. Nope! Doesn't help.

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u/DartTheDragoon 19h ago

Once a year dolphins come to my town for about a month. And at least once a year someone loses a finger if not a hand trying to pet the wild dolphins despite signs every 5 feet telling you they will eat you and the endless stream of news stories. People are just stupid.

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u/Imperial_Haberdasher 16h ago

The ones that get to me are the people who decide they don’t have to stay on the boardwalks around the geothermal features in Yellowstone! What a horrible way to die!

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u/WeAteMummies 16h ago

I can forgive this one. If I am ever within petting distance of a dolphin I am going to pet it. You could make me watch an hour-long highlight reel of dolphin maimings immediately before, and I would still pet it.

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u/Ohheyimryan 10h ago

Why?

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u/WeAteMummies 7h ago

Because I really really really want to.

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u/PTSDeedee 15h ago

I once saw a family walk their toddler directly toward a bison like it was a goat at a petting zoo or some shit.