[ZULU]

"..Yellowstone, Glacier, Jasper, and Banff have been forced to hire extra rangers to keep bear-friendly visitors back. "

Too bad. They're interfering with natural selection and the awarding of more Darwin Awards. Grizzly bears CAN improve the gene pool by eliminating stupid genes and liberal genes.

Me, I wouldn't get closer than 100 yeards to a grizz. That's when my rifle is dead on.

[oprahstheantichrist]

"Treadwell claimed to have identified 21 vocalizations and body languages in grizzlies.... the one he didn't recognize was the most important: "It was the one that says, Leave me alone." "

Or perhaps the one that says, "I'm starving, what's for lunch?"

[Ribeye]

He needed one of Troy's Grizzy Suits!

[reagan_fanatic]

Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.

[Publius6961]

"We as humans have to be diligent about being around these beautiful animals. You don't move away because the bear is going to kill you. You move away because you want the bear to be wild."

In my universe, I would never allow this moonbat to have that particular job.
He hasn't grasped the common sense hierarchy of the relative value of animals and humans. He scares me.

To me, "... because he is going to kill you" is overriding and paramount!

[Ditto]

"People have done that with a lot of animals, such as gorillas and chimpanzees. It works, up to a point.

LOL. It works up to the point when a half-ton omnivore with an irrepressible appetite decides it wants to eat.

[Walkin Man]

"I don't get close enough to touch them, for one thing," he said. "I also carry bear spray [generally a pepper-based repellent] with me. I think it would have been a good thing if [Treadwell] had had it in his tent, even if he didn't want to carry it around."

My personal bear repellent would be of the high caliber, lead variety.

Jeez, people think grizzly bears are cute cuddly disney-type bears..until they start eating them for lunch anyway.

[Reaganesque]

... Though he had a "great heart"...

The bear certainly seemed to think so. (burp!)

[conservativeharleyguy]

While grizzlies have certainly killed a great number of people, feeding on them is actually pretty rare. From what I've been told and read, it almost never occurs.

Then again, once it killed them, feeding on them was certainly easier than walking down and standing in a cold river trying to catch salmon. So who knows? I can just see him trying to stop a 1500 lb Griz with a frying pan as it chased his wife around.

I think the fact that the salmon populations in the neighboring waterways were lower than usual probably was a factor. The bear that killed them was alleged to be an "outsider" to that particular area.

At any rate, the bear eating him is odd.

Also, it's possible that just by bringing his wife into the environment, he sealed their fates. There have been numerous grizzly attacks on women who were on their periods. Also, women are more likely to use scented soaps, deodorants, and or shampoos (bear candy), even in the back country. We once had a camp raided by a black bear in New Mexico, and the two things it tore up the most were a wild raspberry cobbler, and a bunch of sunscreen (BTW, we shot the bear when he returned a couple of days later. Grilled bear ribs are pretty tasty with a raspberry sauce).

[gnarledmaw]

"Treadwell was discovered dead and partially eaten by one of his beloved grizzlies...who put a history of drug and alcohol abuse behind him..."

Apparently not very far behind him. Dumbass...

[Modernman]

Too bad. They're interfering with natural selection and the awarding of more Darwin Awards. Grizzly bears CAN improve the gene pool by eliminating stupid genes and liberal genes.

Yeah. But then you have to put the bear down. Kind of unfair to kill an animal due to human stupidity.

[MarMema]

Look at this

"Huguenard was exposed to Treadwell's daring antics at a grizzly bear presentation in Boulder, Colo. A graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine with a degree in molecular biology from the University of Colorado in Boulder, she knew trying to get close to brown bears was dangerous, but went along with Treadwell anyway."

Some brains are not able to be used in some situations, I guess.

[muir_redwoods]

One can juggle loaded guns if one wants to but don't call it an accident or a tragedy if one goes off. Living with wild omnivores 5-10 times your size is even stupider than juggling loaded guns, at least the guns don't get hungry.

[Pharmboy]

This is analagous to the liberals' belief system regarding Al Qeada.

[woofie]

For people who like liberals as finger food I highly recommend this movie ...very entertaining

4 stars ,a thumbs up, and 5 piles of bear poop

[Idisarthur]

I paid to see the documentary and it was good... it gave a fair and balanced showing of the two side of outdoor enthusiasts and different type of environmentalists.

One guy said that Treadwell didn't seem to understand that there are predators and prey in this world. So he didn't understand the food chain as well as the forces of nature.

In one of the scenes Treadwell comes upon his friend that has passed away, this friend is a fox. As he sits there crying for his lose, he flared his arms wildly at flies and tells them to have some F'ing respect. So Treadwell loved bears and foxes but he didn't like the flies.

In the film, they also read some hate mail send to the Grizzly people, apparently.

One letter said that "Grizzly Bears eat liberals therefore Grizzlies should be released on the Berkley campus."

http://www.grizzlypeople.com/

http://www.grizzlypeople.com/home.php