Creature you'd most like to avoid on a trail

[VickieH]

When I watched the video, I noticed the swipe by mama bear. Was glad to see it addressed in the article.

 

[LiquidFeet]

@VickieH, what article?

 

[VickieH]

https://www.theatlantic.com/science...atic-viral-video-persistent-baby-bear/574990/

 

[LiquidFeet]

Thanks. Good article. Note that the author has avoided any reference to the cub as either "he" or "she." I suspect that was due to a conscious effort on his part.

Don't most mother bears have a number of cubs? I'm left wondering where are her other babies. What happened to them?

 

[Sibhusky]

It certainly explains why there were no hugs at the top.

 

[Jenny]

Thanks. Good article. Note that the author has avoided any reference to the cub as either "he" or "she." I suspect that was due to a conscious effort on his part.

I'm sure you're right - professional writer probably wasn't gushing "Oh what a cute little guy" and cheering it on while writing the article!

 

[LiquidFeet]

Professional writer wasn't gushing "Oh what a cute little cub" either.

 

[Tony S]

Brown Tail Moth fibers. Don't know what those are? Count yourself lucky.

 

[Tricia]

I couldn't stop watching this.

Here is an interesting follow up to the viral video.

 

[Tricia]

Just read an article about drones harassing wildlife - apparently how this was filmed. Now I feel bad that I enjoyed it.

Sorry, I missed this post, and yeah, as I posted later, this makes it sad.

 

[VickieH]

No hug at the end!

If we're adding hugs at the end of difficult-for-me trails, I may need to vote for "Other" (creatures I'd like to avoid)

 

[Tricia]

There have been so many stories about wildlife interactions lately.
The mountain lion that attacked a runner in Colorado, and now this snake bite in Apache Wash

 

[Sibhusky]

There have been so many stories about wildlife interactions lately.
The mountain lion that attacked a runner in Colorado, and now this snake bite in Washington.

Er, I think the snake bite story is in Arizona??? I was thinking that maybe you meant DC because I'm guessing there is no snake wandering around except in a zoo in the state of Washington at the moment.

 

[Tricia]

Er, I think the snake bite story is in Arizona??? I was thinking that maybe you meant DC because I'm guessing there is no snake wandering around except in a zoo in the state of Washington at the moment.

I caught that after I posted and edited.
Thanks.

 

[oldschoolskier]

Er, I think the snake bite story is in Arizona??? I was thinking that maybe you meant DC because I'm guessing there is no snake wandering around except in a zoo in the state of Washington at the moment.

Rumor has it that there are vipers of a different breed in another building in DC .

 

[Posaune]

Er, I think the snake bite story is in Arizona??? I was thinking that maybe you meant DC because I'm guessing there is no snake wandering around except in a zoo in the state of Washington at the moment.

We do have rattlesnakes in the eastern part of the state. Nothing but garter snakes west of the Cascades.

 

[Sibhusky]

We do have rattlesnakes in the eastern part of the state. Nothing but garter snakes west of the Cascades.

But they are not out RIGHT NOW.

 

[NZRob]

Brown Tail Moth fibers. Don't know what those are? Count yourself lucky.

That made for some "oh, gross" research. Fascinating.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Man injured after standoff with moose in Breckenridge

 

[Monique]

Man injured after standoff with moose in Breckenridge

This is my nightmare. But I don't understand this part -

It’s currently unclear whether or not the man will receive a citation or be criminally charged in any capacity as a result of the standoff

The dog was leashed. I'm not sure why the man would be charged for being on a street while a moose was also on the street.