Be really.. really.. careful when you go swimming in lake tahoe....

[Elrod]

 

[FDNY]

They probably needed to take a paws from the heat and cool off.  

[JohnH]

Oh, I can't bear to think of what direction these comments may take.

 

 

[Christian]

That's really something. The mother bear is so accustomed to human exposure to fear no harm from humans to her cubs otherwise all those hefty critters to the right would have been heading for the hills.

[JohnH]

4 hours ago, Christian said:

That's really something. The mother bear is so accustomed to human exposure to fear no harm from humans to her cubs otherwise all those hefty critters to the right would have been heading for the hills.

You make a great point.  Personally there's no way I'd stand that close to a mother bear and her cubs.  If one of the cubs begins to make its way in their direction, the mother bear may spring into action in an instant. 

Then you'll hear someone screaming "You can't outrun that BEAR!"

And the response will be "I'm just trying to outrun YOU!"

[Catherine]

13 hours ago, JohnH said:

You make a great point.  Personally there's no way I'd stand that close to a mother bear and her cubs.  If one of the cubs begins to make its way in their direction, the mother bear may spring into action in an instant. 

Then you'll hear someone screaming "You can't outrun that BEAR!"

And the response will be "I'm just trying to outrun YOU!"

From the kiddie campfire song:

"The nearest branch was ten feet up; I'd have to jump and trust my luck... I missed that branch away up there... Now don't you fret; now don't you frown - I caught that branch, on my way DOWN!"