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Team Sergeant
07-07-2015, 09:42
And I'm guessing some underwear/panties had to be immediately changed....;)
Grizzly bear shatters barrier at Minnesota Zoo
Published July 07, 2015
·Associated Press
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – A grizzly bear exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo is temporarily closed after one of the bears picked up a basketball-sized rock and shattered a barrier.
Startled visitors stood on the other side as the bear repeatedly slammed the rock into a pane of glass Monday morning.
Zoo animal collections manager Tony Fisher tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune (http://strib.mn/1JQshzo ) the five-layer pane stayed in place "like a windshield." No one was hurt.
The grizzlies were called back inside. The area will be closed until a temporary fix can be made ahead of a permanent pane being installed.
cont:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/07/grizzly-bear-shatters-barrier-at-minnesota-zoo/?intcmp=latestnews
Startled visitors stood on the other side as the bear repeatedly slammed the rock into a pane of glass Monday morning.
cont:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/07/grizzly-bear-shatters-barrier-at-minnesota-zoo/?intcmp=latestnews
I think we have Darwin Award Candidates and potential wieners???
I think we have Darwin Award Candidates and potential wieners???
A two sided one.
TrapLine
07-07-2015, 11:37
Perhaps our funnyman turned Senator could be sent in to entertain the bears while the glass is being fixed…;)
Badger52
07-07-2015, 19:25
Fisher isn't sure which of the three bears is responsible for busting one of pane's five layers. But he suspects it was Kenai, a nearly full-grown male who is "usually the clown out there."
Franken's gonna be pissed now at this flagrant usurpation. He needs to have a brief word with Kenai.
Very brief.
Golf1echo
07-07-2015, 19:52
I always kept this image to illustrate why it's good to be able to egress from your shelter in different ways.......................or at least why not to sleep by the door :D
I really didn't need to see that. :eek:
I'm headed out to the wilds of Kodiak shortly. Will be sleeping in a tent there for the next two weeks. I'll be sure to put someone else next to the door!
... Wandering off to find some brain bleach...
Susan
Utah Bob
07-08-2015, 08:16
Publicity stunt. The bear is a paid cast member of the new Zoo tv series. :munchin
Publicity stunt. The bear is a paid cast member of the new Zoo tv series. :munchin
Zoo (2015) CBS
Zoo is set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet. A young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind this pandemic before time runs out for animals and humans alike.
Golf1echo
07-08-2015, 10:05
I really didn't need to see that. :eek:
I'm headed out to the wilds of Kodiak shortly. Will be sleeping in a tent there for the next two weeks. I'll be sure to put someone else next to the door!
... Wandering off to find some brain bleach...
Susan
Here are a couple of tips: Some of the folks there on Kodiak favor a 44 mag revolver in a chest rig.
Bee Keepers up that way told of a trick they use to dissuade bears from their hives by use of an portable electric fence hooked up to a suspended tuna can ( meaty and juicy) when the bear licks the can, he is zapped. Honestly I would not bait the sleeping area, quite the opposite, ALL FOOD would be somewhere else.....I'll bet you know that.
DJ Urbanovsky
07-08-2015, 12:10
Great. Now the bears are using tools.
Great. Now the bears are using tools.
Soon as they get credit cards they will be ordering your tomahawks!
TheSiatonist
07-09-2015, 09:23
The glass looked like it was about to break.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3151485/Grizzly-bear-shatters-barrier-Minnesota-Zoo.html
1stindoor
07-09-2015, 13:14
Great. Now the bears are using tools.
I'm reminded of the wisdom of Brick Tamland....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfboOt1bJcA
RomanCandle
07-10-2015, 13:43
I really didn't need to see that. :eek:
I'm headed out to the wilds of Kodiak shortly. Will be sleeping in a tent there for the next two weeks. I'll be sure to put someone else next to the door!
... Wandering off to find some brain bleach...
Susan
Except that "the door" to your tent is wherever the bear decides it is. :lifter
mojaveman
07-10-2015, 21:24
I always kept this image to illustrate why it's good to be able to egress from your shelter in different ways.......................or at least why not to sleep by the door :D
Nice image.
In that scenario, shoot through the mouth with a very large and powerful firearm. :D
Bears breaking windows with rocks? Maybe they're smarter than we think they are. ;)
Here are a couple of tips: Some of the folks there on Kodiak favor a 44 mag revolver in a chest rig.
Bee Keepers up that way told of a trick they use to dissuade bears from their hives by use of an portable electric fence hooked up to a suspended tuna can ( meaty and juicy) when the bear licks the can, he is zapped. Honestly I would not bait the sleeping area, quite the opposite, ALL FOOD would be somewhere else.....I'll bet you know that.
Except that "the door" to your tent is wherever the bear decides it is. :lifter
:D I'll sleep in the middle.
Golf: We do all of the above, plus we added a shotgun to the arsenal this year.
Had a bit of excitement in our own neighborhood this afternoon. A family out walking the road encountered a brown bear chasing a moose calf. They scurried off the road and the bear stopped to check them out. They hit him with bear spray. Then the momma moose caught up and stomped him. He took off, madder than heck, still chasing the calf. Neighbors up the road have the next episode on their critter-cam: moose calf streaking through their yard and 30 seconds later the bear comes through in hot pursuit. Next neighbors up the way have the final bit of excitement with the same bear crashing through an electric fence, spooking their yaks, and then heading on up the valley. Moose calf last seen somewhere in the vicinity, final outcome unknown, but perhaps the calf and momma were reunited. This may be the same bear that has been seen off and on in the area. He shows no real fear of people, chases dogs, postures and bluff charges. I'm surprised someone hasn't shot him yet.
S.