Topic 46 of 58: Bears
Wed, Feb 20, 2002 (20:44) |
Alpha Wolf (wolf)
who doesn't like a teddy bear? ok, so maybe these guys just look cuddly, but they still deserve some attention.
10 responses total.
Topic 46 of 58 [SpringArk]: Bears
Response 1 of 10: Alpha Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Feb 20, 2002 (20:47) * 3 lines
heard on the news today of a brand new polar bear at a zoo in ohio (correct me, please, if i'm wrong). not the first polar bear born there in captivity but still a cute little fuzz ball.
bears are very protective of their young, fiercely, i might add. so if you ever come across anything that even feels like bear territory, or spring in the woods, leave, or make sure you have an expert guide with you. the behaviorists who are able to interact with bears have worked extremely hard to gain their trust in order to provide some instinct into these creatures lives. please don't ruin it for them by proving that humans are not to be trusted.
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Response 2 of 10: GeoCritter (MarciaH) * Wed, Feb 20, 2002 (20:54) * 1 lines
The only bears I want to have anything to do with close up is a teddy bear. DON'T mess with a baby bear, just like Wolfie said. You're dinner if you do!
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Response 3 of 10: GeoCritter (MarciaH) * Thu, May 16, 2002 (00:38) * 5 lines
* Polar bears on the web *
The first website is launched to track polar bears through the Arctic by satellite.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1989000/1989707.stm
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Response 4 of 10: Alpha Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Aug 5, 2002 (20:44) * 3 lines
a mama and her cub broke into a home and knocked down a lamp, sparking a fire that killed both of them :(
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/080502_nw_bears_fire.html
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Response 5 of 10: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, Oct 12, 2005 (10:23) * 20 lines
China bear bile farmer eaten by own animals
BEIJING: A Chinese man who raised bears to tap them for their bile, prized as a traditional medicine in Asia, has been killed and eaten by his animals, Xinhua news agency said yesterday Six black bears attacked keeper Han Shigen as he was cleaning their pen in the northeastern province of Jilin on Monday, Xinhua said.
''The ill-fated man died on the spot and was eaten up by the ferocious bears,'' it said, citing a report in the Beijing News.
In practices decried by animal rights groups, bile is extracted through surgically implanted catheters in the bear's gall bladders, or by a ''free-dripping'' technique by which bile drips out through holes opened in the animals' abdomens.
More than 200 farms in China keep about 7,000 bears to tap their bile, which traditional Chinese medicine holds can cure fever, liver illness and sore eyes.
Bear farming was far more widespread before the cruelty involved came to light and Beijing introduced regulations to control the industry in 1993.
Animal welfare groups have called on China to completely ban bear farming, arguing that traditional herbal medicines can serve the same purposes as bear bile.
Xinhua said police sent to the scene of Monday's killing injected one of the bears with tranquillisers ''but failed to tame the mad animal''.
Police then threw meat into the bears' pen to distract them so they could recover Han's remains, it said without elaborating.
http://www.newkerala.com/newsdaily.php?action=fullnews&id=34476
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Response 6 of 10: Alpha Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Oct 12, 2005 (19:33) * 3 lines
cheryl *HUGS* thank you for posting this over here as well as geo!!!
reminds me of the guy and his SO (wife, girlfriend?) who were both killed by the very bears they loved out in the wild. i think they were researching grizzly's.
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Response 7 of 10: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, May 17, 2006 (13:20) * 23 lines
Polar Bear-Grizzly Hybrid Discovered
John Roach
May 11, 2006—DNA analysis has confirmed that a bear shot in the Canadian Arctic last month is a half-polar bear, half-grizzly hybrid. While the two bear species have interbred in zoos, this is the first evidence of a wild polar bear-grizzly offspring.
Jim Martell (pictured at left), a 65-year-old hunter from Idaho, shot the bear April 16 on the southern tip of Banks Island (see Northwest Territories map), the CanWest News Service reports.
Wildlife officials seized the bear after noticing its white fur was interspersed with brown patches. It also had long claws, a concave facial profile, and a humped back, which are characteristic of a grizzly.
Now the genetic tests have confirmed that the hybrid's father was a grizzly and its mother was a polar bear.
"I don't think anyone expected it to actually happen in the wild," said Ian Stirling, a polar bear expert with the Canadian Wildlife Service in Edmonton.
Polar bears and grizzlies require an extended mating ritual to reproduce, Stirling said. Both live by themselves in large, open habitats.
To prevent wasting their eggs, females ovulate only after spending several days with a male, Stirling explained. "Then they mate several times over several days."
In other words, the mating between the polar bear and grizzly was more than a chance encounter. "That's what makes it quite interesting," he added.
Stirling says the hybrid has no official name, though locals have taken to calling it a "pizzly" and a "grolar bear."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/bear-hybrid-photo.html
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Response 8 of 10: Alpha Wolf (wolf) * Wed, May 17, 2006 (14:47) * 1 lines
no way--pizzly? why not just call it what it is a polar grizzly bear.
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Response 9 of 10: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, May 17, 2006 (15:26) * 1 lines
You're right Wolfie, pizzly is awful. I can just imagine the bear growling, "Who are you calling 'pizzly'!?!"
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Response 10 of 10: Alpha Wolf (wolf) * Thu, May 18, 2006 (10:37) * 1 lines
*grin*
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