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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