tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post9074819709717242031..comments2024-03-20T09:03:19.787-07:00Comments on Careering Through Nature: The Bear Terror of itSimon Douglas Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-53751950124366974602015-10-28T13:42:27.692-07:002015-10-28T13:42:27.692-07:00We talk of re-wilding lynxes and wolves into the U...We talk of re-wilding lynxes and wolves into the UK, it would be amazing to have both here. Simon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-34898882638653947162015-10-28T10:08:11.407-07:002015-10-28T10:08:11.407-07:00That is exactly what I would try to do if I met a ...That is exactly what I would try to do if I met a bear. Bears and wolves have become more common here (in Eastern Finland) in the last decades, and our local "everglades dwellers with guns" have started also the illegal hunt. Oh, I would so prefer bears and wolves as neighbours to some of the actual ones. :)<br />Lovely flowers!Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-87386217574200900942015-10-28T06:24:01.133-07:002015-10-28T06:24:01.133-07:00That sunset flare shot is stunning! Love the fact ...That sunset flare shot is stunning! Love the fact you took the ladybug outside too, I try to do things like that, especially with spiders, much to the dismay of my uni friends who were happier if I killed them, but I can't! It's a little scary how quickly people took down those bears, but I don't know much about their hunting laws - it's one of those sad situations where both humans and animals live too close to each other now! - TashaNatashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335219443113802041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-20181492933756053972015-10-27T16:23:57.838-07:002015-10-27T16:23:57.838-07:00Bears can sniff out your food from 20 miles away, ...Bears can sniff out your food from 20 miles away, Ray Mears once said on one of his programmes. I wouldn't want to bump into one, much as I love them. My sister still has her "Mr Bear" who sits and watches TV with her. She's 34...Simon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-31163257573132817992015-10-27T14:32:50.245-07:002015-10-27T14:32:50.245-07:00Loved this post, great photos and I chuckled throu...Loved this post, great photos and I chuckled through your narrative. There is the old joke about being able to run faster than your companion when confronted with a bear. Not the best thing to do, run. When I read about the culling I felt the same way when they culled our local deer, a deep sadness. We are encroaching more and more onto their territory and yet they are paying the price. When we were in grizzly bear country we were advised to buy bear spray and speak very loudly so as not to startle any bears. Bear cubs are cute and cuddly but wouldn't want to come across them either as we know a very protective mother bear is nearby. I have seen them but far away and glad for the distance between us and a pair of good binoculars. DeniseinVAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494518513936310345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-59700034263065480722015-10-27T12:48:46.689-07:002015-10-27T12:48:46.689-07:00Thanks Weaver, I only wish I could have made the p...Thanks Weaver, I only wish I could have made the post funnier. I always remember the late George Harrison trying to deal with a deranged intruder by chanting "Hare Krishna" a few times, whereupon he was stabbed. Luckily his wife rather more practically knocked him out with a sculpture or somesuch.Simon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-58253189400592610592015-10-27T08:14:30.880-07:002015-10-27T08:14:30.880-07:00Oh Si your post made my laugh out loud. Bear lan...Oh Si your post made my laugh out loud. Bear language eh? No classes in anything like that up here - plenty of Tai-chi and Pilates - might help if the going got really rough!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com