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Our fascination with wildlife and animals' natural curiosity can bring us too close for comfort. Bold photographers approach a little to closely to huge Elk and then must lock themselves in their car for protection, a habituated Baboon robs a shopper at a produce market of her rhubarb and mangoes and a Moose with a hankering for road salt licks a car and sticks its head inside! This is a gallery of cautionary photos and a reminder to leave wildlife wild by keeping your distance.

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00700133 Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri) with underwater diver holding tail, Marion Reef, Coral Sea, Australia© Mike Parry

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00080374 Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) touched by tourists, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico© Flip Nicklin

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00600929 Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) juvenile males inspecting tundra buggy with tourists in arctic tundra, Canada© Matthias Breiter

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00451473 Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) females and cub watched by tourists, Kruger National Park, South Africa© Pete Oxford

Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) adult and kid licking anti-freeze that has leaked from tourist vehicles, the liquid tastes sweet but is poisonous, Glacier National Park, Montana - Michael Durham

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00640131 Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) adult and kid licking anti-freeze that has leaked from tourist vehicles, the liquid tastes sweet but is poisonous, Glacier National Park, Montana© Michael Durham

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00700001 Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) with diver, New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea© Mike Parry

Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) juvenile, large group of tourists drive vehicles watching it crossing a dirt track, Bandhavgarh National Park, India - Theo Allofs

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00781235 Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) juvenile, large group of tourists drive vehicles watching it crossing a dirt track, Bandhavgarh National Park, India© Theo Allofs

Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) standing on road with tourists in game drive vehicles, Kaziranga National Park, India - Theo Allofs

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00781383 Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) standing on road with tourists in game drive vehicles, Kaziranga National Park, India© Theo Allofs

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00543270 Elk (Cervus elaphus) bull approaching car and tourist in territorial display, North America, sequence 2 of 3© Mark Raycroft

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00785704 Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) adult with tourists, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda© Thomas Marent

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00080957 Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and researchers, Sea of Cortez, Mexico© Flip Nicklin

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00084436 Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) noses the kayak of biologist Kerry Finley, Isabella Bay, Baffin Island, Canada© Flip Nicklin

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00092213 Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) pair investigate tourists inside a cage, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada© Michio Hoshino

Black Bear (Ursus americanus) adult, investigating photographer, Minnesota - Jurgen and Christine Sohns/ FLPA

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80076430 Black Bear (Ursus americanus) adult, investigating photographer, Minnesota© Jurgen & Christine Sohns/ FLPA

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00140011 Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) playing with snorkeler, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador© Tui De Roy

Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female crossing dirt road in front of tourist, vehicles carrying photographers, Ranthambore National Park, India - Patricio Robles Gil/ Sierra Madr

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00590058 Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female crossing dirt road in front of tourist, vehicles carrying photographers, Ranthambore National Park, India© Patricio Robles Gil/ Sierra Madre

Atlantic Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) pair on ice floe observed by tourists in a zodiac, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway - Rhinie van Meurs/ NIS

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00282109 Atlantic Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) pair on ice floe observed by tourists in a zodiac, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway© Rhinie van Meurs/ NIS

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00438739 African Lion (Panthera leo) pair being watched by tourists, Kruger National Park, South Africa© Jurgen and Christine Sohns/ FLPA

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00451438 Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) troop and cars, Kruger National Park, South Africa© Pete Oxford

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00481613 Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) near tourists, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania© Konrad Wothe

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00486271 King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group coming ashore near tourists, St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia Island© Konrad Wothe

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00497795 Black Bear (Ursus americanus) crossing road in front of van, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada© Donald M. Jones

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00518366 Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) group climbing apartment building with person trying to scare them off, South Africa© Cyril Ruoso

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00530549 Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) group grazing on golf course near golfer, Australia© Roland Seitre

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00538618 Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and snorkelers, Western Australia, Australia© Fred Bavendam

Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) mob grazing on golf course around men playing, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia - Sebastian Kennerknecht

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00543090 Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) mob grazing on golf course around men playing, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia© Sebastian Kennerknecht

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) being fed salt inside teepee after long winter, Hunkher Mountains, northern Mongolia - Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House

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00546357 Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) being fed salt inside teepee after long winter, Hunkher Mountains, northern Mongolia© Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House

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00561457 Impala (Aepyceros melampus) male with city in background, Nakuru, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya© Theo Allofs

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70025367 Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) girl passing stag, Kopenhagen, Denmark© Willi Rolfes/ NIS

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00964792 Moose (Alces alces andersoni) female looking in car window during winter, the animals lick salt off of cars, Minnesota© Jim Brandenburg

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00521863 Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) stealing mango from shopper, Cape Town, South Africa. Sequence 4 of 6© Cyril Ruoso

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00543269 Elk (Cervus elaphus) bull approaching car and tourist in territorial display, North America, sequence 1 of 3© Mark Raycroft

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90741263 Juvenile American black bear (Ursus americanus), brown phase, standing upright and leaning on a car, Denver, Colorado, USA, July.© Shattil & Rozinski

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00543271 Elk (Cervus elaphus) bull approaching car and tourist in territorial display, North America, sequence 3 of 3© Mark Raycroft

Dugong (Dugong dugon) surrounded by snorkelers, Lamen Bay, Epi Island, Vanuatu - Mike Parry

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African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) adult passes dangerously close to safari tour vehicle, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana - Andrew Parkinson/ FLPA

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80026117 African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) adult passes dangerously close to safari tour vehicle, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana© Andrew Parkinson/ FLPA