Wild animals are best experienced from a safe distance, when humans get too up close and personal with untamed beasts, the consequences can be fatal. Luckily, everyone involved in these not so funny animal videos lived to tell the tale of their encounters with nature’s critters.
Mother Bravely Shields Son With Down Syndrome While Big Black Bear Devours Taco Picnic
A Mexican mother reacted with supernatural calm, when a picnic snatching bear leapt onto the table that she and her 15-year-old son were eating his birthday dinner at.
As the black bear gobbled up their feast of tacos and french fries, at Mexico City’s Chipinque Park, Silvia Macías sat statue still, shielding the face of her son, Santiago, who has Down Syndrome and is terrified of animals.
Big Black Bear Crashes Party, While Mother Bear Protects Son
“That’s why I covered his eyes, because I didn’t want him to see it and scream or run. I was afraid that if he got scared or screamed or scared the bear, that the bear would react,” she explained. “I just think I’m a mother who protected her cub.”
She said the black bear was so close that she could smell him as he noshed on their dinner, until her friend snatched an uneaten plate of enchiladas and tossed it away from the table. The hungry bear followed and the trio was able to retreat quietly and slowly away.
Smuggled Baby Otter Terrorizes Plane Passengers on International Flight
A baby otter and a giant albino rat caused chaos on a flight out of Thailand, when a woman saw the rodent while she was walking to the bathroom. When she told the cabin crew, they found the otter under one of the seats.
One of the flight attendants was able to trap the rat, who viciously bit the person’s hand as they carried it into the kitchen in the back of the plane. A Chinese passenger eventually admitted to smuggling the animals onto the plane after buying them at a market in Bangkok.
Baby Otter One of Many Animals Illegally Smuggled Onto Flight
When the flight landed in Taiwan, airport authorities searched every back on that had been on the plane and found even more live animals. Police found a bag that was stuffed with 28 star turtles, a snake, one marmot, two otters and two other unknown rodents.
The passenger who smuggled the animals onto the plane was detained by police and was not cooperative, even going as far as demanding a refund for the flight. She faces a fine of over $31,000 for violating laws in place for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Diseases.
