May 31st, 2015: Ravens vs Bear

xoxoxoBruce · 05-30-2015, 08:54 PM

Ravens are pissed, Bear don't care.

Arbroath has some pictures and a short video of this Alberta bear snacking on a Raven's nest.

Sundae · 05-31-2015, 03:09 AM

Poor raven babies

Snakeadelic · 05-31-2015, 07:22 AM

Clearly the bear is a total hick...he didn't even bring seasonings, much less a decent recipe! If you don't know how insane hungry bears get, look up how the polar bears are ravaging bird nests all over the Arctic. The image search string "polar bear cliff" should bring up some terrifying shots.

I have it on the authority of an insane former zoo employee I once knew that corvids are not actually that bad...IF you skin them first. He also told stories about the concussion he got when an elephant crap't upon his feet while he was off balance, causing him to fall backward amid the elephant keepers' laughter. And the time the zoo's giraffe died of old age and he got permission to make a Masai shield out of part of the hide--apparently when they tested it against old African explorer stories, he shot it with a .45 from a range of less than 50 feet and the bullet did nothing more than gouge out some hair and bounce off. When I knew him, the last physical relic of that job in his home was Fred, the hat rack that was actually the mounted head of a Himalayan tahr that had also died of old age at the zoo. The man in question passed away a couple of years ago. I have no idea what became of Fred.

footfootfoot · 05-31-2015, 08:12 AM

Thanks a lot snake. Now I need a Masai shield.

He sounds like he was a neat guy. On a tinier, albeit similar, note I once saw at the NYC doll museum a doll house that had been built over the decades by a janitor there. In front of the hearth he had made a rug out of the pelt of a chipmunk, head and all, like a bearskin rug. It was very clever.

Griff · 06-01-2015, 07:03 AM

That's a nice climb as well. The chipmunk pelt is a nice touch.

05-30-2015, 08:54 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	May 31st, 2015: Ravens vs Bear Ravens are pissed, Bear don't care. Arbroath has some pictures and a short video of this Alberta bear snacking on a Raven's nest. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-31-2015, 03:09 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Poor raven babies __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-31-2015, 08:12 AM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Thanks a lot snake. Now I need a Masai shield. He sounds like he was a neat guy. On a tinier, albeit similar, note I once saw at the NYC doll museum a doll house that had been built over the decades by a janitor there. In front of the hearth he had made a rug out of the pelt of a chipmunk, head and all, like a bearskin rug. It was very clever. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-01-2015, 07:03 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That's a nice climb as well. The chipmunk pelt is a nice touch. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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05-31-2015, 07:22 AM	#3
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Clearly the bear is a total hick...he didn't even bring seasonings, much less a decent recipe! If you don't know how insane hungry bears get, look up how the polar bears are ravaging bird nests all over the Arctic. The image search string "polar bear cliff" should bring up some terrifying shots. I have it on the authority of an insane former zoo employee I once knew that corvids are not actually that bad...IF you skin them first. He also told stories about the concussion he got when an elephant crap't upon his feet while he was off balance, causing him to fall backward amid the elephant keepers' laughter. And the time the zoo's giraffe died of old age and he got permission to make a Masai shield out of part of the hide--apparently when they tested it against old African explorer stories, he shot it with a .45 from a range of less than 50 feet and the bullet did nothing more than gouge out some hair and bounce off. When I knew him, the last physical relic of that job in his home was Fred, the hat rack that was actually the mounted head of a Himalayan tahr that had also died of old age at the zoo. The man in question passed away a couple of years ago. I have no idea what became of Fred.

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