Where are the bears? They’re everywhere.
Bears in Shrubs
Rusty the Red Panda at the National Zoo decided leave the zoo and seek asylum in a suburban shrub this morning. The thing that delights me about that story is that “Code Green” is code for AWOL animals, the same code Barnes hospital uses for AWOL patients.
Bears in Denver
Never been to Denver, but I want to go now that I’ve seen the statue installed outside the convention center.
Even better from the inside.
So, Red Pandas, Code Greens, Blue Bears … no place to go but camo…
Bears in Trees
Sometimes you eat the bar, sometimes the bar eats you, sometimes the bar makes you crap your pants. Many thanks to Zayrina for this excellent nature video:
7 responses to “Pandas and Statues and Bears, Oh My!”
Wow! Apart from the whole bear-climbs-up-tree-towards-person thing (all very resonant to someone who’s just returned from black bear country and been told ALL about such things) I was astonished by the absence of any verbal reaction – till the selfie at the end which is PRICELESS. Magic. Thanks, Queen and Zayrina.
Big Dot – You can see the camouflage shaking, too.
yeah, the bears are like giant squirrels. just getting checking out. seeing if there’s food. ya know, doing bear stuff. . . 🙂
I’m guessing since he is in a deer stand he has a gun, or guns. I would be a whole lot more confident in that position.
Mrs Hall – giant killer squirrels.
Zayrina – Gary’s immediate comment was “Why doesn’t he just shoot it?” I suppose I’d only shoot a bear that was in my face if I had an automatic weapon. What if you just wounded it?
The guy is clearly not immediately threatened by the bear who is only being curious not agressive. There would be absolutely no sportsmanship in shooting a bear who is not being a real threat. Rewarded for his humanitarian approach, the hunter now has the story of a lifetime.
Zayrina – Hmmmm. That bear looked smart enough to play all innocent until he got close enough to eat you.