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Posted - 08/24/2004 : 11:16 AM
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Noisy ecotourists may boost bear numbers
Anna Gosline, Exclusive from New Scientist, 18 August 04
The presence of noisy ecotourists may unexpectedly benefit brown bears in the wild. Though the tourists scare big male bears away from prime feeding zones, hungry mothers and cubs are not deterred and seize the opportunity to eat free from the threat of infanticide, helping to boost the population.
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Makati
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 12:28 AM
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Check this out....
WARNING!!!
Some people may be sensitive to some the following images.
These images depict very large animals (bears) and more importantly the injury they can inflict upon people.
Stay Bear Aware.
Save Wildlife.
http://cal-company.com/utahbigfootinvestigations/id41.html |
Edited by - drifter on 10/28/2004 12:29 AM |
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prince george, bc
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 09:57 AM
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interesting link, i've seen those pictures before...mass email, but there's always been something about them that whispers 'hoax'. i've seen some pics where it says that bear was over 2000 pounds, some, like this one, say 1600? 1600 pounds is the size of a large polar bear, but i've never seen any pictures of a polar bear with a head that huge. i guess i would believe it if the alaskan government actually stuffed it and put it on display, but every reference i've seen to this bear have been questionable. and one more thing drifter....good god, that is a freaky picture on your profile!!!
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What are the three words guaranteed to humiliate men everywhere? 'Hold my purse.' |
Edited by - lang22 on 10/28/2004 09:59 AM |
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Mountain Grammar Police
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Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 10:24 AM
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hoaxes debunked on snopes.com
do a search for "bear" |
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Makati
Philippines
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 11:54 PM
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http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp
Good call Dru. i had a feeling that the site i posted may have been a little too wild to be true.
Lang22 quote:
good god, that is a freaky picture on your profile
That is a picture of me when i first landed on earth in my circus tent spaceship ... before my operation and namechange. I used to spin people up in cotton candy cocoons and feed off their corpses. I'm much better now.
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prince george, bc
Canada
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Posted - 10/29/2004 : 10:16 AM
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good link, i love snopes.com, i never even thought to check it for this. i'm happy that the picture of the bear's 'last meal' had nothing to do with a bear at all. it just reenforces the stereotype as bears being violent, brutal animals. that bear is absolutely huge though!
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