Everybody needs the comfort of a Teddy Bear once in a while.

[octobermoon]

:floorlaugh::floorlaugh::floorlaugh:

 

[Mom who cares]

Steely you crack me up, where do you find this stuff?:floorlaugh:

 

[Steely Dan]

 

[Tuffy]

I love the newest in the 'Patient Bear' series, and I'm still laughing at that video! That is, after my initial fear that the bear might go 'rogue' and attack the trainer. :floorlaugh:

I just want to thank the makers of the video for lowering the bar for the rest of us.

 

[Tuffy]

If the bear did go crazy, this cat would help put him in his place though:

or this one:

 

[Steely Dan]

 

[Steely Dan]

 

[Steely Dan]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oB8ue178s8&NR=1&feature=fvwp[/ame]


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGwUpM9QryU[/ame]

 

[Steely Dan]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dspAa9NQ-c[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BBzpLEjAr8&feature=related[/ame]

 

[Steely Dan]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuRfjEx53hc&NR=1&feature=fvwp[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NcJ_63z-mA&feature=related[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv9v9ALV3yk&NR=1[/ame]

 

[Tuffy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dspAa9NQ-c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BBzpLEjAr8&feature=related

ohmigosh! I love it when the bear roundhouse kicks him! :floorlaugh:

 

[Steely Dan]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...+Science+News)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science breakthroughs -- updated daily
Science News

Change of Heart Keeps Bears Healthy While Hibernating

ScienceDaily (Feb. 8, 2011) — Hibernating, it turns out, is much more complicated than one might think.

Research published in the latest issue of the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology illustrates a complex series of changes that occur in grizzly bears' hearts as they hibernate. The changes guard against complications that could arise from greatly reduced activity.

A grizzly hibernates five to six months of the year. During that time, its heart rate slows drastically from around 84 beats per minute when active to around 19. "If a human heart were to slow down like this, you'd see very detrimental things happening," said Bryan Rourke, a professor at Cal State Long Beach who worked on the research with his graduate student, Nathan Barrows....

 

[Steely Dan]

ohmigosh! I love it when the bear roundhouse kicks him! :floorlaugh:

The bear clutching his crotch after the guy kicks him is funny as hell too.

 

[drip~drop]

Ahhh, I just had to read this again as moving to the mountains of Idaho gets closer. I know for a fact there have been bear on my fil's land so this should be an interesting next step in life.
oy.

 

[Tuffy]

 

[Steely Dan]

Knut has passed away.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/19/cuddly-catastrophe-knut-the-polar-bear-dies/?hpt=T2

...Heiner Klös, a bear expert at the Berlin Zoo, said Knut was swimming in the water at the time, with more than 600 people looking on. NewsFeed can't imagine their shock when the celebrity bear collapsed. An autopsy will be performed on Knut to determine the cause of death....

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/19/cuddly-catastrophe-knut-the-polar-bear-dies/#ixzz1H76RGEO0

 

[Tuffy]

 

[Steely Dan]

That bear doesn't look very well disguised to me. :crazy:

 

[21merc7]

That bear doesn't look very well disguised to me. :crazy:

 

[concentric]

IMO, when someone says they are breaking out their teddy bear collection, be afraid, very afraid.