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Title: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: sam on April 30, 2010, 01:47
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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/
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on April 30, 2010, 18:15
Seems like a good idea.  We used to feed the hedgehogs when I was a kid.  :)
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Rik on April 30, 2010, 18:16
Only to fatten them up before roasting them.  ;D :scoot:
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on April 30, 2010, 18:21
 :laugh:
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Clive on April 30, 2010, 19:05
Anyone remember hedgehog crisps?
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Rik on April 30, 2010, 19:07
Me, me. ;D
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Clive on April 30, 2010, 19:13
I think they were a spin-off of Not the 9 o'clock news.
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on April 30, 2010, 19:14
Yes, but I never tried them, as I thought they really did taste of hedgehog!   :laugh:
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Rik on April 30, 2010, 19:28
They tasted the same as every other flavour except salt and vinegar or cheese and onion. :)
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on April 30, 2010, 19:30
What a con!  ;D
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Rik on April 30, 2010, 19:34
Most flavours are, though, aren't they.
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on April 30, 2010, 20:48
I don't eat a lot of them.  :)
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Sandra on May 01, 2010, 00:52
Yogi and Boo Boo would be in favour of that advice  :)
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on May 01, 2010, 10:04
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.
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Rik on May 01, 2010, 11:04
Bring back Dennis the Menace. ;D
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on May 01, 2010, 11:25
They have.  A politically correct version.  ::)
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Rik on May 01, 2010, 11:31
Lord help us.  :ack:
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on May 01, 2010, 12:17
He won't.  :)
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Rik on May 01, 2010, 12:55
You mean Mandy or the other one? ;D
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on May 01, 2010, 13:57
The big one in the sky.
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Rik on May 01, 2010, 15:59
Probably as useful... ;)
Title: Re: Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says
Post by: Simon on May 02, 2010, 12:08
Indeed.   :)