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For Yosemite bears, dinner arrives in a minivan
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| Oct 25
Posted on 10/26/2009 2:28:11 PM PDT by JoeProBono
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – What's bigger than a picnic basket and even better than one in the eyes of black bears that live in Yosemite National Park? A study published this month in the Journal of Mammalogy says it's minivans driven by families with children who leave behind a trail of spilled juice boxes, Cheerios and coolers carrying other snacks.
Park scientists have found that the bears tore up minivans more frequently than other types of vehicles....
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TOPICS: Food; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bear; yosemite
To: JoeProBono
The bears will never go for a Prius all they have in them is fruits and nuts.
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posted on
10/26/2009 2:33:01 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(I don't have time to Procrastinate)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
10/26/2009 2:33:41 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
That’s no mini-van; it looks like a Ford Econoline. And the bear looks a bit wooden; almost matches the briefcase.
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posted on
10/26/2009 2:35:36 PM PDT
by
12Gauge687
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
To: JoeProBono
They forgot to mention the petrified french fries leftover from Happy Meals...yum yum!
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posted on
10/26/2009 2:36:19 PM PDT
by
LizzyD
To: ThomasThomas
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posted on
10/26/2009 2:37:21 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: 12Gauge687
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posted on
10/26/2009 2:40:38 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Park scientists have found that the bears tore up minivans more frequently than other types of vehicles....
"Behold! The mighty grizzly!"
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posted on
10/26/2009 2:40:42 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" - Job 13:15)
To: JoeProBono
Looking at the title of this story, I was thinking some soccer moms had met an untimely fate...
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posted on
10/26/2009 2:53:20 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
To: JoeProBono
There is a Far Side cartoon in here somewhere.
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posted on
10/26/2009 3:08:55 PM PDT
by
LiberConservative
("Sarah Palin irritates all the right people." -Dennis Miller)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
10/26/2009 3:14:19 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: JoeProBono
That bear must be planning to gather feet.
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posted on
10/26/2009 3:20:11 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(I don't have time to Procrastinate)
To: BunnySlippers
Where’s the picka-nic basket, boo-boo?
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