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Old 01-12-2007
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Re: Polar Bears and the denial of Global Warming

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Me too. I like bears. My mother used to swear that she was protected by some bear spirit or something. They were in her dreams all the time. Then again, she worked in Yellowstone as a youth. Ursa.
Yellowstone! I'd love to go there someday.

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My kids and I used to read this book about how to protect yourself in really weird situations. One of them was how to walk in a forest and not be eaten by a bear. We got to giggling and the next thing you know my youngest was running through the house growling "je suis un ours!" (I'm a bear!). Why French? I don't recall.

Most people are really too stupid to realize how very dangerous bears can be and just think they're cute. Great. More power to 'em. If an animal has curb appeal it might just save their neck.
I totally agree with you -bears look cute, but are actually quite crabby and irritable. Not to mention POWERFUL! The grizzly (and the coastal brown bears) IMO are way more powerful than the polar bears. Anyway, what I mean is that bears can be quite dangerous, lethal in fact when it comes to humans.

Agree with you on the "cute" factor too. Hopefully it works.