A tourist visiting Jackson Hole, Wyoming, learned a tough lesson about wildlife safety after he tried to make a resting moose get up and pose for photos at the roadside. The animal (a particularly large male) stood and seemed to tolerate the man's presence for a moment, but soon turned and charged.
When faced with an angry moose, the usual advice is to run and get behind something sturdy like a tree, boulder or building, but this man instead yelped, dropped to the ground and played dead. It was a risky strategy – moose typically use their powerful legs to trample animals they perceive as a threat – but luckily for the tourist it was enough to make the bull lose interest and leave.
