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Stop taking selfies with bears, hikers warned
The Daily Mail (U.K.) / various ^
| October 27, 2014
| Sara Malm
Posted on 10/27/2014 11:21:13 AM PDT by Stoat
Hikers in Sierra Nevada are being told to stop taking selfies with the wild bears.
The worrying and very real trend has seen visitors to South Lake Tahoe, California, put themselves at risk to get a share-able snap of themselves with a bear in the background.
Hikers have got as close as a few feet away from the wild bears, and officials have now been forced to send out an official warning.
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A recent visitor at the site said she saw dozens of people taking selfies with the bears, who were unafraid of the group.
There were like 30 people taking pictures of themselves with the bears, Manutsawee Buapet told ABC News.
They werent scared at all of the people and one bear cub came as close as two feet to the tourists.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Food; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animals; bear; bears; california; laketahoe; napl; photography; selfie; selfies; southlaketahoe
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To: Stoat
If they need to be told they are only harmful to our gene pool.
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posted on
10/27/2014 12:15:33 PM PDT
by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: ColdOne
I remember when it happened. We had just left Alaska and I drove a Ford Bronco much like the one in the picture. It stuck with me.
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posted on
10/27/2014 12:16:03 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
To: Stoat
43
posted on
10/27/2014 12:17:40 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Stoat
Sometimes we just have to thin the herd. There are way too many idiots out there.
To: Stoat
If the bears had Ebola the government would encourage us to play with them.
To: RightGeek
To: RightGeek
To: Stoat
They werent scared at all of the people and one bear cub came as close as two feet to the tourists.That is the biggest problem right there, wild animals; bears, mountain lions, coyotes, etc. become habituated to humans and the next thing you know you have an attack. I live in the Sierra and have noticed that tourists from the city have no idea how dangerous predators can be. One woman even asked me where she could go to "hug a bear." Crazy.
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posted on
10/27/2014 12:44:40 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: Stoat
What about bear selfies? There are some lonely Jennifer Lawrence bears out there that just go too far.
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posted on
10/27/2014 12:45:10 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Stoat
To: CivilWarBrewing
To: Stoat; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
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posted on
10/27/2014 12:54:05 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Clappin' the Blues (remix)" [slightly NSFW] - http://youtu.be/p9d2iHSfRmE)
To: Slings and Arrows; FReepers; Patriots; FRiends
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posted on
10/27/2014 1:02:03 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)
To: PROCON; azishot; melancholy
But I thought you had keys.
54
posted on
10/27/2014 1:24:05 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: LucyT; melancholy
LOL!!
Maybe they were having a “Chinese Fire Drill”? (The act of, upon reaching a stop light/sign, all the members of a vehicle bail out and dash laps around the car until the light changes.)
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posted on
10/27/2014 1:32:41 PM PDT
by
azishot
To: dangus
To: azishot; melancholy; PROCON
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posted on
10/27/2014 1:45:09 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: LucyT
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posted on
10/27/2014 1:49:42 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Ask Yourself This..Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago?)
To: Slings and Arrows; SJackson
What's the plan when the bear wants the camera for a selfie?
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posted on
10/27/2014 2:25:18 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: Slings and Arrows
Slings, we’re surrounded by idiots.
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posted on
10/27/2014 2:52:59 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Teddy! Mauling is not cool.)
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