Safer than it sounds on the surface.
Out in the wild wanting a closer look can be terminal. I once walked up on a bear trap at Yellowstone’s Canyon Village camp ground. The rangers had trapped a black bear. I’d seen animals in zoos so I walk up to the trap bars to look at the bear. It was pissed off. I got my face about a foot from the bars. It hit them from about 6’ doing a 100. Scared the 💩 outa me! Getting a closer look is a bad idea in a lot of instances. Just saying.