Elk are not animals to be trifled with lightly: they’re strong, they’re clever, and they’re mean when they’re angry. When one curious bull answers his call, he creeps up just a little too close for comfort. The hunter startles the great big beast with a gentle “whoa” and politely asks the elk to move on. You can see the realization on the bull’s face when the hunter finally speaks up. Both man and creature are really lucky no one got hurt.

Nature show cameraman finds a deadly surprise guest hiding out in his bathroom
While on location in Indonesia, filming deadly reptiles in the wild for the BBC’s second entry into its Planet Earth series, cameraman Mark MacEwen discovered one of the beasts he had just captured on video had holed itself up in his bathroom. Not wanting to risk his own injury or worse at the jaws of...