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Cat Ellis

Bison sends hiker sprawling at Yellowstone – but they keep on snapping pictures

Bull bison facing forward.

You might think that the problem of hikers approaching wildlife dangerously close for photos began with the inception of the smartphone, but people were risking life and limb for the perfect snap long before even the earliest brick-sized devices made their way into people's hands.

Vintage footage shared via Instagram account TouronsOfNationalParks this week shows that little has changed over the years, and some visitors have always taken an unhealthy interest in photographing large, dangerous animals at close range.

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