pretty cool slide
Re: Bear Slide
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I developed an appreciation for the intelligence of animals and their ability to interact with us when my Mother-in-Law got a budgie, George, after her dogs both died. MIL had to take medicine at 10:00 p.m. every night and she stored her bottles on top of her rarely-used toaster oven. If MIL failed to take her meds by 10:00 p.m., George would refuse to get into his cage and would stand on the toaster oven and squawk until MIL investigated the noise and took her meds. Then he’d quietly enter his bird cage and sleep peacefully for the night. George died before she did and she was so heartbroken that she took him to the vet to dispose of his remains respectfully. That’s when she found out George was a female.
I’ve seen dozens of stories of wild animals interacting with humans in times of desperation - one posted just a few days ago here (leopard or a cheetah?). I’ve come to understand that they’re much more sentient and intelligent than I realized as a youth.