I remember driving through the Lion Country Safari with my family years ago.
We would not even have *dreamed* of cracking windows, let alone opening a
door.  On the other hand, we came across a herd of buffalo when we were
driving through the Black Hills.  They are *enormous* animals, and it was
exciting to be sitting there among them (they were blocking the highway).
We couldn't believe it when we saw someone in the car behind us get out of
his car and mingle with the buffalo so he could get a picture (we took ours
through the car windows).  When we were in Yellowstone, a park ranger told
us that some tourists get parboiled feet every year because they ignore the
signs and leave the board walks to walk on the brittle crust surroundsing
some of the hot springs.  We even saw one family of three (mother, father,
and a little toddler) walk right up to the edge of Old Faithful so they
could look down in it.  There are lots of idiots in this world, and I have
often thought of that toddler.  If a tragedy had occurred (fortunately, it
did not), the child would have been injured through no fault of his own.

MaryL

And how many tourists STILL try to feed the bears in
Yellowstone Park?  We had a Lion Country Safari here, too -
I thought the San Diego Zoo had taken it over (and called it
"Wild Animal Park").  Did it move to Florida, instead, and
the San Diego Zoo start its own?

They had more than just lions at the time, ostriches and (I
think ) giraffes, too.  I remember driving through in a
non-airconditioned car (in August, in Southern California).
 The animals had the right of way, so cars often had to
stop until they'd crossed the road.  A flock of ostriches
held us up, not only crossing the road, but surrounding the
car - one of them seemed determined to confront my mother
through the car window, bending it's long neck and making
eye contact. (They sure have l-o-n-g eyelashes!)

The rest of us were in hysterics, but Mom was not amused!
Due to the lack of air-conditioning, we were all totally
drenched in sweat by the time we reached the exit. However,
if we hadn't obeyed instructions about keeping windows
rolled up, we might have had an ostrich with us, too!
(Probably in Mom's lap - that bird really did seem taken
with her.) ;-)