BBC: Toddler nearly runs off cliff at Hawaii volcano
"...A Hawaii national park has issued a new warning to tourists after a toddler was grabbed "in the nick of time" from falling off the rim of an erupting volcano.
The little boy wandered off from his family and "in a split second, ran straight toward the 400ft cliff edge" of the Kilauea volcano, the park said...."
*** I was pretty much assuming this is an everyday occurrence at Hawaii National Park, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, etc., based on every toddler I have ever seen attempting to throw themselves into boiling lava or off a cliff face. 🤔
Search for "toddler leash", or don't take your runaway toddlers where they can self-sacrifice themselves to the gods. (IMHO). Although, that DOES interrupt Darwin's Law.
@ai6yr A summer working for the Grand Canyon railway & an extensive amount of time spent at the Grand Canyon when I lived in Flagstaff more than convinced me of the necessity of those toddler leashes. LOTS of close calls, several deaths over the years.
