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Old 02-20-2008, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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I was reading something about tourists cornering bears at a town dump to take their pictures & wondering how they didn't wind up being eaten themselves.
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Old 02-20-2008, 10:16 PM
 
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It really does bother me, I mean, when a human being (ostensibly the more intelligent critter) goes seriously stupid with a wild animal, the animal is made to pay the price for human idiocy, sometimes the human also pays the price and when they do, it is not chalked up to "natural selection", authorities call it a bad __________ (fill in the blank yourself) and the animal, if it can be found, is usually destroyed. Punishing nature for being natural? Hell of a system we have nowadays. Perhaps the State of Alaska should get all visitors to sign a release statement that asserts that "terminally stupid" is a valid cause of death in the state and is not considered just cause to go out and destroy the animal that was just following its' instincts.
You mean like that lady tourist who climbed into the polar bear enclosure at the Anchorage zoo, and got her foot chomped? Said later, she just didn't know what came over her. Terminal stupidity would be a good description; who it their right mind would deliberately climb into a pen with a polar bear just to get some pictures? There are times I wonder if people either can't read, or for some inane reason, think that warning sign doesn't apply to them.
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Old 02-20-2008, 10:22 PM
 
Location: Naptowne, Alaska
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The lady got her foot chomped through the bars. She was inside the outer fence. The younger dude jumped into the pool, and got his nether region removed in one large mouthfull.
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Old 02-21-2008, 08:37 AM
 
Location: NC, USA
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The lady got her foot chomped through the bars. She was inside the outer fence. The younger dude jumped into the pool, and got his nether region removed in one large mouthfull.
Ah, Yes, Instant Eunuch! Really nice of that guy to remove himself from the gene pool.
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Old 02-21-2008, 09:22 AM
 
Location: The Great State of Texas, Finally!
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It isn't just tourists....look at that idiot featured in the adn a while back who lets bears into his house, feeds them dog food, thinks he's "domesticating" them or that they "understand" him and they've formed some sort of "bond."

If people would leave Romeo alone instead of thinking it's "special" that he doesn't find their presence threatning, then maybe there would be less problems.

If all these Timothy Treadwell wanna bees would let well enough alone, maybe there would be less of this nonsense.

Bear cubs are cute but they're wild....hello...and just see what happens to you if you try to hug one!

It should be no different with Romeo

Or any other animal...

Pet and hold and play with the animals you get at the store or animal shelter...

Leave the rest alone!!
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Old 02-21-2008, 02:18 PM
 
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The lady got her foot chomped through the bars. She was inside the outer fence. The younger dude jumped into the pool, and got his nether region removed in one large mouthfull.
I dunno about the guy, it sounds like he got what he was looking for, which must have been attention. Too bad it was from the bear. Even so, that was still what the lady tourist said, and she was still within range of the teeth. Go figure.

What do they think fences are FOR?
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Old 02-21-2008, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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What do they think fences are FOR?
Keeping others away I suppose...
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Old 02-21-2008, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Naptowne, Alaska
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Drinking and Polar Bears do not mix!
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:02 PM
 
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Drinking and Polar Bears do not mix!
What about the Happy Polar Bears at Slippery Dick's?
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:12 PM
 
Location: Naptowne, Alaska
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I'm talking real live polar bears. You don't want to be drinking in polar bear country. And you sure as heck don't want to get drunk and crawl in a cage with one.
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