{"id":2666,"date":"2025-09-17T17:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/the-understandable-desire-to-get-close-to-dangerous-wild-animals\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:23:34","slug":"the-understandable-desire-to-get-close-to-dangerous-wild-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-understandable-desire-to-get-close-to-dangerous-wild-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"The Understandable Desire to Get Close to Dangerous Wild Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In videos, I\u2019ve seen many people try to get close to dangerous wild animals, like bears, buffaloes, and lions.<br>\nTragically, sadly, sometimes, maybe oftentimes, these attempts<br>\nlead to their deaths.<br>\nI can understand the appeal. I\u2019d like to be able to get close<br>\nto dangerous wild animals too.<br>\nI\u2019d like to be able to befriend them and even pet them.<br>\nI\u2019d like to have a human to dangerous wild animal connection without putting my life in peril.<br>\nImagine if like the Biblical lambs lying down with lions, we<br>\ncould interact with bears, bullalos, and lions without fear,<br>\nwithout attacks, without injuries, without dying.<br>\nWhat a thrill that would be.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In videos, I\u2019ve seen many people try to get close to dangerous wild animals, like bears, buffaloes, and lions. Tragically, sadly, sometimes, maybe oftentimes, these attempts lead to their deaths. I can understand the appeal. I\u2019d like to be able to get close to dangerous wild animals too. I\u2019d like to be able to befriend&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-understandable-desire-to-get-close-to-dangerous-wild-animals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}