Have you ever been attacked (or tried to attack) by something while taking a pic for making an observation at Inat? It happend to me once, i almost got my finger cut off by an Moray eel, while observing it, i tried to bring it back into the water Be careful, fellow observers!

My story of an observation turned dangerous is a long one – once me and a friend were kayaking along the Chesapeake Bay during a field trip when we noticed that these spine-waisted ants had infested the boat. My friend had a panic attack, we pulled the boat to shore, and we had another friend tow u…

Turns out, wading through a naturally forming pond in a mountain with no one there to help you if something goes wrong is a very bad and stupid idea. Most of them, including the one I stupidly decided to wade through, do not have proper bottoms and it’s just a large mass of dead plants and mud, you …

Yeah… Not a good idea. I have waded streams here in Northeast Ohio in rubber boots chasing dragonflies. It’s not as dangerous as mountain ponds in Colorado. But, you can get into real trouble. I am always careful to make sure the water level isn’t more than a foot, the water flow is slow and the bot…

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119159445 I peeve off these barn swallows by trying to take their pic outside. Wasn’t even that closed to them. But they defiantly knew and let know they were not happy about the attention, by dive bombing me. But’s that as close as i got to a “dangerous”…

One time while recording sounds of a black kite, it poked my head very very badly. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145325774

I was waiting for the image focus to sharpen up, when a I heard a nasty barking and the sound of a dog running towards me. I thought I could snap the pic and quickly climb up on the nearby shed, but the dog reached me, stopped, investigated me, sniffed me and my hands, https://www.inaturalist.org/o…

While working in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, a colleague and myself were investigating termite mound vegetation. We were well aware that working in a large wildlife area is not without risks we always had a good look around before approaching. We had been at it for quite a while without …

Oh, that reminds me of my first year of fieldwork in Afrika way before I joinesd iNat. I was so excited as that was my first time on the continent. I woke up very early and when the first suntlight appeared I crabbed my camera and went around the area of the field station to look for bugs. I was so …

I am also someone who probably got too close to a venomous snake for a photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186117454 Fortunately, that rattlesnake just rattled and escaped down a hole.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88579335 Eastern Yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons 30+ stings from the relentless attack that sent me running for well over a mile. I actually felt “poisoned” for a good 48 hours or so. Phobic now, giving wide berth to all yellow jackets seen on or off trail. …

Has an observation ever got dangerous?

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Has an observation ever got dangerous?

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