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Video: Grizzlies reveal 'fancy footwork' play 'salmon football'
news.bbc. ^
| Wednesday, 18 February 2009
| Rebecca Morelle Science reporter
Posted on 02/18/2009 5:22:29 AM PST by JoeProBono
They may look slow and clumsy, but underwater cameras have revealed that grizzly bears can perform some fancy footwork when a meal is on the cards.A BBC team followed the bears as the annual salmon migration got underway. They filmed them using their huge feet to deftly kick dead fish from deep pools into shallower water. This behaviour, caught on camera for the first time, meant that the grizzlies could grab the fish without the bother of getting their ears wet.Wildlife cameraman Jeff Turner said: "Most bears will do anything to avoid getting their ears wet - they hate it.. the annual salmon migration, where millions of Pacific salmon swim thousands of kilometres to return to the exact patch of river where they were born, provided an opportunity to uncover more about the way the bears hunt.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: bears; fishing; grizzly
To: JoeProBono
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02/18/2009 5:29:29 AM PST
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Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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02/18/2009 5:30:47 AM PST
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Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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02/18/2009 5:35:52 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
They may look slow and clumsyWritten by someone who has never seen a Bear anywhere but in a zoo.
To: beebuster2000
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02/18/2009 6:02:30 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Travis T. OJustice
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02/18/2009 6:03:42 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: All
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02/18/2009 6:05:07 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Damn work filters. All your other posts show fine, but this one is blocked. It MUST be good.
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02/18/2009 6:09:29 AM PST
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Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: JoeProBono
The bears better watch out. PETA will come after them for killing sea kitties.
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02/18/2009 6:10:24 AM PST
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peggybac
(Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. Ronald Reagan)
To: Travis T. OJustice
How's this?
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02/18/2009 6:17:13 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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02/18/2009 6:18:20 AM PST
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Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: beebuster2000
They may look slow and clumsy
Written by someone who has never seen a Bear anywhere but in a zoo.
Smallwood’s inverted law of mass verses velocity states; “You can run faster carrying a grizzly cub than you can without one.”
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02/18/2009 6:41:45 AM PST
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CrazyIvan
(If you read only one book this year, read "Stolen Valor".)
To: CrazyIvan
Smallwood’s inverted law of mass verses velocity states; “You can run faster carrying a grizzly cub than you can without one.”IYAS9YAS's personal motto: "I can run faster scared than you can mad."
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02/18/2009 6:53:40 AM PST
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IYAS9YAS
(Obama - what you get when you mix Affirmative Action with the Peter Principle.)
To: CrazyIvan
then there is the old hunting guide joke:
guide to hunter: i dont have to out run the bear, i just have to out run you.
To: beebuster2000
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02/18/2009 10:40:16 AM PST
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WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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