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tuppies teddies Apr 3, 2007

Having recently returned from a well earned holiday I have to show these creatures I found in a little zoo I visited.  These are the first REAL bears I have ever seen.  Quickly filled the camera with lots of shots of them.

They are Sirian brown bears..

Shelli Retired Help Advisor, Banner SponsorApr 3, 2007

So beautiful!  Don't they have the most wonderful posture?  Sweet but also, kinda threatening and huge.

It never really hit me, until reading your post, that of course bears aren't indigenous everywhere -- especially Down Under!  We have to watch for them when we go camping because while I've never seen one in the wild (except during a childhood trip to Yellowstone National Park), they are known to forage through campsites, cars, tents on a regular basis here in California.

Thanks for posting your pics, and welcome home from your holiday!

Michelle Helen Apr 5, 2007

Denise: the picures are awsome. Thanks for posting them.

thumperantiques Apr 11, 2007

Shelli, I never thought about it either - we spent almost 20 years up north in Deep River, and bears were all over friggin town.  The kids would get escorted off the school property cuz the bears were up the crab apple trees.  There were bears on the golf course, on our street, in the parking lot of the grocery store, trapping people in the Kentucky Fried Chicken store, while they raided the garbage bins LOL!  They were sort of like black flies - impossible to get rid of completely.   I always borrowed my friends dog to go for a walk at night, because the dogs could smell them and would refuse to go into areas where there were bears.  We had "bear bells" that we wore when walking in the country, especially in the spring, so we didn't run into mama bears with cubs.  The bells warned the bears we were coming and gave them time to retreat.  Can't imagine not knowing what a bear looks like up close - they are sorta cute.

                                     hugs,

                                     Brenda