#6448586 - 04/27/12 05:15 AM
Falling Bear Photo
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Here's one of those photos that just begs for a clever caption.  Bear falls safely from tree after police tranquilized it
In a truly memorable photo, a bear can be seen falling from a tree after being tranquilized by police in Colorado.
The young bear, estimated to weigh between 150 and 200 pounds, had wandered onto the University of Colorado at Boulder campus and climbed into a tree, according to the CU Independent, which captured the stunning image.
"[The bear] was tranquilized by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department and it fell onto some mats that the Rec Center provided," CU Police Department spokesman Ryan Huff told the paper. "It is now in a cage and it will be relocated at a higher elevation."
Before it was tranquilized, the bear spent about two hours in a tree near the campus dorms. It reportedly landed safely.
On Tuesday, a family of black bears made the news, literally, after wandering onto the set of a local TV news station in Pennsylvania. Link to story on Yahoo news.
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#6448592 - 04/27/12 05:18 AM
Re: Falling Bear Photo
[Re: ScoutmasterRick]
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#6448599 - 04/27/12 05:20 AM
Re: Falling Bear Photo
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You catch this one, I'll get the next
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#6448603 - 04/27/12 05:21 AM
Re: Falling Bear Photo
[Re: ScoutmasterRick]
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Cool picture. I woke yesterday morning to find my trash strewn all over the end of my driveway and across the road. Bags torn open and dragged 50-60'. My suspicions of the likely culprit were confirmed when I investigated the plastic bags and found them ripped open with paw swipes. Yep, Mr. Bear had come calling in the night. Took me 20 minutes to clean up the mess. Much more of this kind of thing and there might be a bear falling in my neighborhood, too. 
Edited by bruinruin (04/27/12 05:22 AM)
Edit Reason: forgot my smiley
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#6448640 - 04/27/12 05:38 AM
Re: Falling Bear Photo
[Re: bruinruin]
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Much more of this kind of thing and there might be a bear falling in my neighborhood, too. Are you suggesting you'd ruin a bruin?
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#6448670 - 04/27/12 05:52 AM
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[Re: bruinruin]
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You could always educate it like I did our neighbors big dog. Get one of those rubber bludgeon tips for your arrow and the next time you catch it in the trash, shoot him in the a$$. That dog never did set foot on my yard again. He would go out of his way around my yard after that.
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#6448673 - 04/27/12 05:53 AM
Re: Falling Bear Photo
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That's a flying bear, them dumb bastards are way too close. You gotta give a flying bear some space.
I've seen it, a LOT.
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#6448694 - 04/27/12 06:02 AM
Re: Falling Bear Photo
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That's a flying bear, them dumb bastards are way too close. You gotta give a flying bear some space.
I've seen it, a LOT.
Flying bears? That's a new one for me. Are they as dangerous as swamp squids?
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#6448917 - 04/27/12 07:19 AM
Re: Falling Bear Photo
[Re: bruinruin]
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That's a flying bear, them dumb bastards are way too close. You gotta give a flying bear some space.
I've seen it, a LOT.
Flying bears? That's a new one for me. Are they as dangerous as swamp squids? Shirly, you jest?
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