I would never get that close to a grizzly and follow all rules but alligators, that’s a different story.
There’s a 10 mile hiking trail that we enjoy in Florida that is full of alligators, when we first started hiking there we were terrified until some local hikers explained to us we were safe. If you’re on the trail once the sun comes up a lot of gators will sun themselves on the trail. Your choices are turn back and probablly encounter a few more on the trail or just keep going right past them. The first time you do it you crap your pants. Of course you don’t stop to take selfies or poke them with a stick and avoid babies.
These babies were just a foot or so of the trail so I stopped to grab a photo, my wife said, “honey, mamma has her eye on you” I moved on but she did come over and gather them up.
That’s me the first time I walked past one, my wife took the photo from a safe distance after she said “you go first”.
