I’m guessing that bear’s about 200-250 pounds, so not a totally unreasonable load for a hammock.
Also, even though I know the bear does not want to snuggle, and I know that very bad things would happen if I tried, I still want to snuggle with that bear.
Dracula
13 years ago
Both bears and squirrels are things I wish I could give a hug to, without being mauled or bitten. And many large cats. Oh, well.
Hell, I (at 350 lb) weigh more than most black bears, then.
One of my friends took a brilliant photo of a black bear a few weeks ago. It’s up on Facebook. I tend to shoot smaller animals… I’ve got more photos of squirrels than I know what to do with. It doesn’t hurt that the squirrels on the campus of the college I attend are practically tame…
CassandraSays
13 years ago
@ Holly – I always feel like that when I see polar bears, and then I remember that actually trying to do it would make me an excellent candidate for the Darwin Awards.
Still…soft fluffy belly. I want to rub my face it it.
PS: If you’re in the Atlanta area, you may have seen that photo on TV recently; one of the TV stations did a story about it.
Dracula
13 years ago
Of course, the biggest predators we have where I live are coyotes. The only bears I’ve seen in person were the Asian black bears at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, a.k.a. moon bears. They’re pretty cool.
Aw! That bear looks so happy just chillin’ in the hammock. All he needs is some iced tea and a book.
I’m about 3 minutes from DT Austin, and I see all sorts of wildlife in the neighborhood. There’s always possums and raccoons, and the other night I saw a fox. I also have not one but two owls in the oak trees–I had no idea how noisy they could be.
I saw the title and got all exicted* and then saw some literal bear in a hammock!
*this isn’t true, I am not personally a fan of a lot of body hair…but that was my first thought XD
CassandraSays
13 years ago
On many other blogs I’d have assumed the other sort of bear, but on this one I was expecting an actual bear. Our host’s love of fuzzy animals is showing.
(Waits for Meller to show up and start babbling about how of course we feminists love vicious creatures like bears.)
mistressofboogie
13 years ago
Oh, this is too relaxing! Much more harmonious than all the usual misogyny and rape jokes. Can’t you just become bearboobz and leave it at that?
Moewicus
13 years ago
Bears, Porcupines–just another day in the funhouse mirror of values that is feminism!!! Just like you do to Real Women and SOFGs (Sweet Old Fashioned Girls), you want to take the God Given bond between humans and pets/women and throw a vicious animal into the mix!!!!1 I bet you all want a Bear Dominatrix, too, whips, chains, ballgags and everything!!!! Myself, I’ll take Sweet Old Fashioned Neko Girls any day, no chains or feminism necessary!!!!!!!one
KITTENS AND FLUFFINESS!!!!
David K. Moewicus
ohiken
13 years ago
Why did I get an ad for chinese wives from youtube. there? I’ve never gotten an ad for chinese wives before.
ckitching
13 years ago
You think you can control these GODLESS KILLING MACHINES? Sure, they look cute and cuddly like a teddy bear, but turn your back on them for even a second, and they’ll tear your head off.
bekabot
13 years ago
One week it’s the cats who are poised to take over the world; another week it’s the bears. We humans are doomed. (We’re outflanked: if the cats don’t get us the bears will and vice versa; if it comes down to a draw they’ll divvy up the spoils between them, etc., etc. I’m telling ya.)
Moewicus is going to inherit a world covered in sandboxes, scratching posts and chew toys, and his job will alternate between stringing up hammocks and processing honey. It goes without saying that he won’t be allowed to reproduce. Enjoy, Moewicus, enjoy.
I remember Samson, the hot tub bear (he was fond of soaking in hot tubs in Monrovia, he was captured and lived the rest of his days in the San Francisco Zoo).
Dracula
13 years ago
I think we may be overreacting a little. Perhaps these bears are just tired of the pressures and constraints of bear society, and are seeking to make their own choices and embrace the comforts of the human lifestyle. What we might be seeing here, my friends, are Bears Going Their Own Way.
Dracula, obviously it’s a lazy she-bear, waiting for her poor, put-upon beargina partner to come home from a hard day of manly labor with some food! Clearly she’s just sitting there, all pretty, waiting for someone to give her a salmon or a car or whatever. The very next man-bear she sees, she’ll probably file a false sexual harassment or paternity suit, wait for the bear-police to take him away on her word, and bear-laugh all the way to the bear-bank.
OSHIII
13 years ago
If there’s one critter that recognizes the value of taking it easy, it’s the bears. In fact, the only reason the bears didn’t invent hammocks first was because they didn’t have thumbs.
We Hunted The Mammoth
The bear was probably thinking “it was so thoughtful of the humans to put this out for me.”
Alls I can say is, wish I could be a bear! Looks so comfy.
That hammock must be pretty strong. How much do black bears weigh?
Also, great, now I want a pet bear.
How much do black bears weigh?
According to Wikipedia, males are about 130–550 lb, females about 90–240 lb, on average. They’re pretty small as bears go.
According to this link, the average males weigh around 250 lbs and the average females weigh around 150 lbs. http://www.americanbear.org/Size.htm
I don’t want a pet bear, but they are fun to watch. XD
I’m guessing that bear’s about 200-250 pounds, so not a totally unreasonable load for a hammock.
Also, even though I know the bear does not want to snuggle, and I know that very bad things would happen if I tried, I still want to snuggle with that bear.
Both bears and squirrels are things I wish I could give a hug to, without being mauled or bitten. And many large cats. Oh, well.
Hell, I (at 350 lb) weigh more than most black bears, then.
One of my friends took a brilliant photo of a black bear a few weeks ago. It’s up on Facebook. I tend to shoot smaller animals… I’ve got more photos of squirrels than I know what to do with. It doesn’t hurt that the squirrels on the campus of the college I attend are practically tame…
@ Holly – I always feel like that when I see polar bears, and then I remember that actually trying to do it would make me an excellent candidate for the Darwin Awards.
Still…soft fluffy belly. I want to rub my face it it.
PS: If you’re in the Atlanta area, you may have seen that photo on TV recently; one of the TV stations did a story about it.
Of course, the biggest predators we have where I live are coyotes. The only bears I’ve seen in person were the Asian black bears at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, a.k.a. moon bears. They’re pretty cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_bear
Aw! That bear looks so happy just chillin’ in the hammock. All he needs is some iced tea and a book.
I’m about 3 minutes from DT Austin, and I see all sorts of wildlife in the neighborhood. There’s always possums and raccoons, and the other night I saw a fox. I also have not one but two owls in the oak trees–I had no idea how noisy they could be.
I saw the title and got all exicted* and then saw some literal bear in a hammock!
*this isn’t true, I am not personally a fan of a lot of body hair…but that was my first thought XD
On many other blogs I’d have assumed the other sort of bear, but on this one I was expecting an actual bear. Our host’s love of fuzzy animals is showing.
(Waits for Meller to show up and start babbling about how of course we feminists love vicious creatures like bears.)
Oh, this is too relaxing! Much more harmonious than all the usual misogyny and rape jokes. Can’t you just become bearboobz and leave it at that?
Bears, Porcupines–just another day in the funhouse mirror of values that is feminism!!! Just like you do to Real Women and SOFGs (Sweet Old Fashioned Girls), you want to take the God Given bond between humans and pets/women and throw a vicious animal into the mix!!!!1 I bet you all want a Bear Dominatrix, too, whips, chains, ballgags and everything!!!! Myself, I’ll take Sweet Old Fashioned Neko Girls any day, no chains or feminism necessary!!!!!!!one
KITTENS AND FLUFFINESS!!!!
David K. Moewicus
Why did I get an ad for chinese wives from youtube. there? I’ve never gotten an ad for chinese wives before.
You think you can control these GODLESS KILLING MACHINES? Sure, they look cute and cuddly like a teddy bear, but turn your back on them for even a second, and they’ll tear your head off.
One week it’s the cats who are poised to take over the world; another week it’s the bears. We humans are doomed. (We’re outflanked: if the cats don’t get us the bears will and vice versa; if it comes down to a draw they’ll divvy up the spoils between them, etc., etc. I’m telling ya.)
Moewicus is going to inherit a world covered in sandboxes, scratching posts and chew toys, and his job will alternate between stringing up hammocks and processing honey. It goes without saying that he won’t be allowed to reproduce. Enjoy, Moewicus, enjoy.
The cats would win.
I remember Samson, the hot tub bear (he was fond of soaking in hot tubs in Monrovia, he was captured and lived the rest of his days in the San Francisco Zoo).
I think we may be overreacting a little. Perhaps these bears are just tired of the pressures and constraints of bear society, and are seeking to make their own choices and embrace the comforts of the human lifestyle. What we might be seeing here, my friends, are Bears Going Their Own Way.
Dracula, obviously it’s a lazy she-bear, waiting for her poor, put-upon beargina partner to come home from a hard day of manly labor with some food! Clearly she’s just sitting there, all pretty, waiting for someone to give her a salmon or a car or whatever. The very next man-bear she sees, she’ll probably file a false sexual harassment or paternity suit, wait for the bear-police to take him away on her word, and bear-laugh all the way to the bear-bank.
If there’s one critter that recognizes the value of taking it easy, it’s the bears. In fact, the only reason the bears didn’t invent hammocks first was because they didn’t have thumbs.
anybody wish, or imagine, that this bear is humming a Bob Marley song while relaxing? I’m just going to go ahead say this true because….evolution?