The Wildest And Funniest Encounters People Had With Wild Animals

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Feb 1, 2022 12:00 PM EST

We always joke about how one day, we are going to see a little lion cub out there in the world and try to pet it, and that's how we will meet our doom. And we continue to stand by that. Wild animals encountering civilization are always something adorable yet mildly scary, and we love to see it. When wild Cockatoos in Australia learned how to open trash bins on their own and decided to steal from us, we celebrated it. When that wild bear brought her cubs to visit her lifelong human friends, we awwed. Because that's just who we are.

And it's who you guys either. After asking you to tell us about the funniest wildlife ecounters you've ever had, we have only become more convinced that we will all meet our doom by petting random cougar cubs. You guys are the best, we love you all.

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via Tiffani Bartlett Hughes

It's not the first time we have seen a possum be a whole drama queen and infiltrate a wildlife hospital, honestly. They just like causing trouble, but at least they know that the best people to go to for help when they need it are ICanHas readers.
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via Vicky Coy

This - this is why we love you guys as much as we do, why we think that you're absolutely the best. Not many people would have stopped to help a wild animal like this one. They would have walked by, decided to let nature take its course, but not ICanHas fans. No, you stopped and helped, and that's so amazing.
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via Mary Farris
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via Lisa Webb Sharp
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via Elise Stone
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via Jacki Hough
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via Mary Hargrove
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via Steve Trimboli
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via Sharon Greenawalt
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via Jessie Wade
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via Kris Duchon
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via Trae Lynn
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via Lynn Galloway
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via Becky Cole
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via Tracy Yeoman
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via Abigail H Bast

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