Official Off Topic Discussion Thread #1
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Honestly I'd love to stumble across bear sign like that when I'm out in the woods
Remember, if you come across a bear sign then a bear left it therefore the bear could be nearby. Don’t become a bears dinner Chixc
Hello;speaking of dogs I did place an order for that book that you mentioned elsewhere.
Small bear seem pretty easy to frighten off. I wouldn't mess with an adult bear.
I have only seen a few in the wild, and even those were nat. park bears, and probably not too agressive.
I have ridden the bike through to Moro Rock in Sequoia, seeing bears close up, on both sides of the one-lane road.
I had to stop, as a small tour bus blocked the road. I'm sitting on the motorcycle taking photos of the bears foraging, not more than 40 ft away and slightly below us to the right. The woman on back of the bike behind me starts getting excited, so we pass the bus on the left, on this very narrow road.
The left side was a steep embankment, and as we pass there are three more bears to the left, walking along the crest 20 ft above us and not 20 ft from the road.
That's me off the same road, on the "tunnel log loop."
Momma bear is curious.
She has a cub as well . . .
I am as far from that fallen tree as this bear. He's not going to charge me. I'm behind a tour bus with 30 noisy passengers taking photos too, I'm on a lightly muffled motorcycle with several more behind me.
Mommy and BooBoo were only interested in food.
I have only seen a few in the wild, and even those were nat. park bears, and probably not too agressive.
I have ridden the bike through to Moro Rock in Sequoia, seeing bears close up, on both sides of the one-lane road.
I had to stop, as a small tour bus blocked the road. I'm sitting on the motorcycle taking photos of the bears foraging, not more than 40 ft away and slightly below us to the right. The woman on back of the bike behind me starts getting excited, so we pass the bus on the left, on this very narrow road.
The left side was a steep embankment, and as we pass there are three more bears to the left, walking along the crest 20 ft above us and not 20 ft from the road.
That's me off the same road, on the "tunnel log loop."
Momma bear is curious.
She has a cub as well . . .
I am as far from that fallen tree as this bear. He's not going to charge me. I'm behind a tour bus with 30 noisy passengers taking photos too, I'm on a lightly muffled motorcycle with several more behind me.
Mommy and BooBoo were only interested in food.
People always gawk at the wild animals of Africa, meanwhile the US big game like bears or cougars seem to have far more interactions with people than, say lions.
I had a close encounter with a wild rabbit once whilst driving on a country road. I came out on top on that occasion as the poor rabbit ended up underneath my tyres! Lol.
"Big game"....."bears"....."cougars"....."lions"......used in conjunction with "interactions", quite frankly, worries me somewhat!
I had a close encounter with a fruit fly earlier. When I was going to do the dishes, I stopped. At least 5 fruit fly’s were sitting on the sponge doing whatever fruit fly’s do. I quickly grabbed a rolling pin and went into ninja mode.
After, those 5 fly’s ended up in my pizza because I forgot to wash the rolling pin ?
After, those 5 fly’s ended up in my pizza because I forgot to wash the rolling pin ?
I also count my big fauna encounters as bugs splatted on the windshield of my helmet or my car.
But I did see a tapir in the wild (Costa Rica), and followed fresh jaguar tracks (never saw the cat).
Also saw a puma in Colombia, but I was in a car on a tiny paramo road and he was outside.
But I did see a tapir in the wild (Costa Rica), and followed fresh jaguar tracks (never saw the cat).
Also saw a puma in Colombia, but I was in a car on a tiny paramo road and he was outside.
Up in Yellowstone, I saw Elk, Wolfs, The Endemic and Endangered Cutthroat Trout, and other things.
