Topic: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says

[sam]

It flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but one solution to control nuisance black bears in the United States may be to offer them snacks, one biologist says.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100429-feeding-nuisance-black-bears/

[Simon]

Seems like a good idea.  We used to feed the hedgehogs when I was a kid.  

[Rik]

Only to fatten them up before roasting them. 

[Simon]

 

[Clive]

Anyone remember hedgehog crisps?

[Rik]

Me, me.

[Clive]

I think they were a spin-off of Not the 9 o'clock news.

[Simon]

Yes, but I never tried them, as I thought they really did taste of hedgehog!   

[Rik]

They tasted the same as every other flavour except salt and vinegar or cheese and onion.

[Simon]

What a con! 

[Rik]

Most flavours are, though, aren't they.

[Simon]

I don't eat a lot of them. 

[Sandra]

Yogi and Boo Boo would be in favour of that advice 

[Simon]

Crikey, I haven't seen them for ages!  They're probably still about, but in some awful CGI versions, that are nothing like properly drawn cartoons.

[Rik]

Bring back Dennis the Menace.